Native Language of First-time Freshmen
Table 23
FALL 2002
FALL 2003
Language
N
%
N
%
ENGLISH
675
54.0%
675
47.5%
SPANISH
122
9.8%
156
11.0%
RUSSIAN
112
9.0%
142
10.0%
CHINESE
67
5.4%
93
6.5%
CANTONESE
28
2.2%
38
2.7%
KOREAN
23
1.8%
34
2.4%
BENGALI
16
1.3%
33
2.3%
POLISH
25
2.0%
28
2.0%
TAGALOG
15
1.2%
27
1.9%
URDU
22
1.8%
24
1.7%
OTHER
12
1.0%
17
1.2%
ARABIC
15
1.2%
12
0.8%
CREOLE
8
0.6%
11
0.8%
UKRAINIAN
6
0.5%
10
0.7%
PORTUGUESE
8
0.6%
8
0.6%
HEBREW
7
0.6%
8
0.6%
GUJARATI
1
0.1%
8
0.6%
ALBANIAN
3
0.2%
7
0.5%
MANDARIN
3
0.2%
7
0.5%
PUNJABI
3
0.2%
7
0.5%
VIETNAMESE
6
0.5%
6
0.4%
YORUBA
2
0.2%
6
0.4%
GREEK
12
1.0%
5
0.4%
PILIPINO
9
0.7%
5
0.4%
FRENCH
5
0.4%
5
0.4%
HINDI
5
0.4%
5
0.4%
ARMENIAN
1
0.1%
4
0.3%
ITALIAN
4
0.3%
3
0.2%
MALAYALAM
3
0.2%
3
0.2%
SERBO-CROATIAN
2
0.2%
3
0.2%
BURMESE
0
0.0%
2
0.1%
KHMER
0
0.0%
2
0.1%
TURKISH
0
0.0%
2
0.1%
MARATHI
0
0.0%
2
0.1%
GEORGIAN
2
0.2%
2
0.1%
INDONESIAN
2
0.2%
2
0.1%
HUNGARIAN
1
0.1%
2
0.1%
TWI-FANTE
1
0.1%
2
0.1%
BULGARIAN
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
HAKKA
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
TAMIL
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
PUSHTO
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
SHONA
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
KONKANI
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
KANNADA
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
SLOVAK
0
0.0%
1
0.1%
ROMANIAN
5
0.4%
1
0.1%
JAPANESE
3
0.2%
1
0.1%
NEPALI
2
0.2%
1
0.1%
PERSIAN
2
0.2%
1
0.1%
FARSI
1
0.1%
1
0.1%
GERMAN
1
0.1%
1
0.1%
TIBETAN
1
0.1%
1
0.1%
LATVIAN
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
AZERBAIJANI
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
DUTCH-FLEMISH
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
EWE
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
IGBO
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
LITHUANIAN
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
MACEDONIAN
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
MISSING/UNKNOWN
296
269
Total
1545
100
1690
100