Native Language of First-time Freshmen, Fall 2002
   
Table 23
   
  Language N %  
  ENGLISH 675 54.0%  
  SPANISH 122 9.8%  
  RUSSIAN 112 9.0%  
  CHINESE 67 5.4%  
  CANTONESE 28 2.2%  
  POLISH 25 2.0%  
  KOREAN 23 1.8%  
  URDU 22 1.8%  
  BENGALI 16 1.3%  
  ARABIC 15 1.2%  
  TAGALOG 15 1.2%  
  GREEK 12 1.0%  
  OTHER 12 1.0%  
  PILIPINO 9 0.7%  
  PORTUGUESE 8 0.6%  
  CREOLE 8 0.6%  
  HEBREW 7 0.6%  
  UKRAINIAN 6 0.5%  
  VIETNAMESE 6 0.5%  
  FRENCH 5 0.4%  
  HINDI 5 0.4%  
  ROMANIAN 5 0.4%  
  ITALIAN 4 0.3%  
  ALBANIAN 3 0.2%  
  JAPANESE 3 0.2%  
  MALAYALAM 3 0.2%  
  MANDARIN 3 0.2%  
  PUNJABI 3 0.2%  
  GEORGIAN 2 0.2%  
  INDONESIAN 2 0.2%  
  LATVIAN 2 0.2%  
  NEPALI 2 0.2%  
  PERSIAN 2 0.2%  
  SERBO-CROATIAN 2 0.2%  
  YORUBA 2 0.2%  
  ARMENIAN 1 0.1%  
  AZERBAIJANI 1 0.1%  
  DUTCH-FLEMISH 1 0.1%  
  EWE 1 0.1%  
  FARSI 1 0.1%  
  GERMAN 1 0.1%  
  GUJARATI 1 0.1%  
  HUNGARIAN 1 0.1%  
  IGBO 1 0.1%  
  LITHUANIAN 1 0.1%  
  MACEDONIAN 1 0.1%  
  TIBETAN 1 0.1%  
  TWI-FANTE 1 0.1%  
         
  MISSING/UNKNOWN 296    
         
      Total 1545 100