Language
Used at Home and Most Comfortable
Undergraduate New Admits
Table 22
				Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Fall 2007		Fall 2008
Speak Language Other than English at Home
First-time Freshmen				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Yes			1,089	65.9	996	65.6	870	68.2	848	61.5	852	72.1
	No			563	34.1	522	34.4	406	31.8	531	38.5	329	27.9
	Missing/Unknown			220	--	311	--	588	--	531	--	857	--
	Total			1,872	100	1,829	100	1,864	100	1,910	100	2,038	100
Transfer Students				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Yes			649	52.9	602	49.9	584	51.9	709	57.6	553	51.2
	No			577	47.1	604	50.1	542	48.1	522	42.4	528	48.8
	Missing/Unknown			212	--	284	--	490	--	314	--	390	--
	Total			1,438	100	1,490	100	1,616	100	1,545	100	1,471	100
Language With Which Student is Most Comfortable (if "yes" above)
First-time Freshmen				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	English			409	37.9	377	38.1	376	43.7	388	46.3	384	45.7
	Language other than English			74	6.9	85	8.6	64	7.4	42	5.0	43	5.1
	Equally comfortable with both			596	55.1	528	53.3	421	48.9	408	48.7	414	49.2
	Missing/Unknown			10	--	6	--	9	--	10	--	11	--
	Total			1,089	100	996	100	870	100	848	100	852	100
Transfers				n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	English			220	34.4	176	29.6	163	28.5	216	30.9	180	33.8
	Language other than English			80	12.4	70	11.7	72	12.6	81	11.6	58	10.9
	Equally comfortable with both			339	53.1	348	58.6	336	58.8	402	57.5	295	55.3
	Missing/Unknown			10	--	8	--	13	--	10	--	20	--
	Total			649	100	602	100	584	100	709	100	553	100
Source: Fall 2008 Hunter Registration Files