Language
Used at Home and Most Comfortable
Undergraduate New Admits
Table 22
				Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Fall 2007
Speak Language Other than English at Home
First-time Freshmen				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Yes			956	64.9	1,089	65.9	996	65.6	870	68.2	848	61.5
	No			516	35.1	563	34.1	522	34.4	406	31.8	531	38.5
	Missing/Unknown			218	--	220	--	311	--	588	--	531	--
	Total			1,690	100	1,872	100	1,829	100	1,864	100	1,910	100
Transfer Students				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Yes			643	51.9	649	52.9	602	49.9	584	51.9	709	57.6
	No			595	48.1	577	47.1	604	50.1	542	48.1	522	42.4
	Missing/Unknown			211	--	212	--	284	--	490	--	314	--
	Total			1,449	100	1,438	100	1,490	100	1,616	100	1,545	100
Language With Which Student is Most Comfortable (if "yes" above)
First-time Freshmen				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	English			359	37.9	409	37.9	377	38.1	376	43.7	388	46.3
	Language other than English			69	7.3	74	6.9	85	8.6	64	7.4	42	5.0
	Equally comfortable with both			519	54.8	596	55.1	528	53.3	421	48.9	408	48.7
	Missing/Unknown			9	--	10	--	6	--	9	--	10	--
	Total			956	100	1,089	100	996	100	870	100	848	100
Transfers				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	English			206	32.2	220	34.4	176	29.6	163	28.5	216	30.9
	Language other than English			92	14.4	80	12.4	70	11.7	72	12.6	81	11.6
	Equally comfortable with both			341	53.4	339	53.1	348	58.6	336	58.8	402	57.5
	Missing/Unknown			4	--	10	--	8	--	13	--	10	--
	Total			643	100	649	100	602	100	584	100	709	100
Source: Fall 2007 Hunter Registration Files