| Native Language of First-time Freshmen | ||||
| Table 23 | ||||
| FALL 2003 | FALL 2004* | |||
| Language | N | % | N | % |
| ENGLISH | 675 | 47.5% | 745 | 51.6% |
| SPANISH | 156 | 11.0% | 139 | 9.6% |
| RUSSIAN | 142 | 10.0% | 115 | 8.0% |
| CHINESE | 93 | 6.5% | 97 | 6.7% |
| CANTONESE | 38 | 2.7% | 42 | 2.9% |
| BENGALI | 33 | 2.3% | 32 | 2.2% |
| KOREAN | 34 | 2.4% | 30 | 2.1% |
| POLISH | 28 | 2.0% | 27 | 1.9% |
| TAGALOG | 27 | 1.9% | 25 | 1.7% |
| URDU | 24 | 1.7% | 21 | 1.5% |
| ALBANIAN | 7 | 0.5% | 14 | 1.0% |
| TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES | -- | -- | 13 | 0.9% |
| CREOLE | 11 | 0.8% | 12 | 0.8% |
| UKRAINIAN | 10 | 0.7% | 10 | 0.7% |
| MANDARIN | 7 | 0.5% | 10 | 0.7% |
| HEBREW | 8 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.6% |
| PUNJABI | 7 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.5% |
| GREEK | 5 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.5% |
| ARABIC | 12 | 0.8% | 7 | 0.5% |
| VIETNAMESE | 6 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.4% |
| PILIPINO | 5 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.4% |
| JAPANESE | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.3% |
| HINDI | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.3% |
| FRENCH | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.3% |
| TIBETAN | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.3% |
| MALAYALAM | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% |
| INDONESIAN | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.3% |
| GUJARATI | 8 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.3% |
| YORUBA | 6 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.2% |
| TURKISH | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% |
| BULGARIAN | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% |
| ARMENIAN | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% |
| THAI | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.1% |
| SERBO-CROATIAN | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% |
| ROMANIAN | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% |
| TWI-FANTE | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| TAMIL | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| PORTUGUESE | 8 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% |
| LITHUANIAN | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| KHMER | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| MADURESE | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| MALAY | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| NORWEGIAN | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| SINHALESE | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| TELUGU | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| TULU | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| UBZEH | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| ITALIAN | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% |
| HUNGARIAN | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| GERMAN | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| FARSI | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| EWE | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| EDO | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| CAMBODIAN | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| BYELORUSSIAN | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| BURMESE | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| AZERBAIJANI | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| SLOVAK | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| SHONA | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| PUSHTO | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| PERSIAN | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| OTHER | 17 | 1.2% | -- | -- |
| NEPALI | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| MARATHI | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| MACEDONIAN | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| LATVIAN | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| KONKANI | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| KANNADA | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| HAKKA | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| GEORGIAN | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| DUTCH-FLEMISH | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| MISSING/UNKNOWN | 269 | 15.9% | 450 | 23.7% |
| Total | 1,690 | 100 | 1,895 | 100 |
| * Source: CUNY IRDB | ||||
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