Language
Used at Home and Most Comfortable
Undergraduate New Admits
Table 22
				Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 2006
Speak Language Other than English at Home
First-time Freshmen				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Yes			790	59.1	956	64.9	1,089	65.9	996	65.6	870	68.2
	No			546	40.9	516	35.1	563	34.1	522	34.4	406	31.8
	Missing/Unknown			209	--	218	--	220	--	311	--	588	--
	Total			1,545	100	1,690	100	1,872	100	1,829	100	1,864	100.0
Transfer Students				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Yes			550	50.8	643	51.9	649	39.3	602	39.7	584	45.8
	No			532	49.2	595	48.1	577	34.9	604	39.8	542	42.5
	Missing/Unknown			279	--	211	--	212	--	284	--	490	--
	Total			1,361	100	1,449	100	1,438	100	1,490	100	1,616	100.0
Language With Which Student is Most Comfortable (if "yes" above)
First-time Freshmen				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	English			322	41.1	359	37.9	409	37.9	377	38.1	376	43.7
	Language other than English			63	8.0	69	7.3	74	6.9	85	8.6	64	7.4
	Equally comfortable with both			398	50.8	519	54.8	596	55.2	528	53.3	421	48.9
	Missing/Unknown			7	--	9	--	10	--	6	--	9	--
	Total			790	100	956	100	1,089	100	996	100	870	100.0
Transfers				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	English			190	35.1	206	32.2	220	34.4	176	29.6	163	28.5
	Language other than English			87	16.1	92	14.4	80	12.5	70	11.8	72	12.6
	Equally comfortable with both			265	48.9	341	53.4	339	53.1	348	58.6	336	58.8
	Missing/Unknown			8	--	4	--	10	--	8	--	13	--
	Total			550	100	643	100	649	100	602	100	584	100.0
Source: Fall 2006 Hunter Registration Files