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Table 17: Honors College Students Profile, Fall 2008 to Fall 2013

  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
N= 372 428 450 480 467 471
  % % % % % %
Gender            
Male 36.3 37.6 38.4 40.4 38.3 41.0
Female 63.7 62.4 61.6 59.6 61.7 59.0
Race/Ethnicity Imputed            
Asian 21.8 21.3 21.6 21.8 22.9 24.2
Black 8.9 10.3 9.8 8.6 6.0 5.1
Hispanic 14.8 15.7 15.6 14.8 14.6 13.0
White 54.0 52.6 52.9 54.6 56.5 57.7
Student Age            
Less than 22 97.6 97.2 85.9 89.2 87.2 97.4
25 and over 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0
Mean Age  (number) 19.6 19.6 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.8
Residence            
New York City Total 77.0 76.9 76.2 74.6 73.3 68.5
Brooklyn 21.9 19.5 20.0 20.2 19.7 19.9
Bronx 5.2 5.9 6.1 7.3 6.5 3.6
Manhattan 13.1 12.7 9.8 8.8 8.5 10.0
Queens 29.5 31.1 32.1 29.8 29.5 25.9
Staten Island 7.3 7.7 8.2 8.5 9.0 9.1
             
New York State 17.0 18.6 18.9 21.9 23.0 24.5
Other US State/Territory 6.0 4.5 5.0 3.5 3.7 7.0
Total Number of Countries 21 25 28 27 28 19
Total Number of Languages 28 31 31 28 32 23
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth          
Student Born in US 46.0 42.0 39.1 46.0 52.8 52.0
Student Born Outside US 27.2 25.2 21.5 20.0 19.5 44.6
Country Unknown 43.1 38.6 47.5 50.0 49.0 20.0
Eastern Europe 13.9 16.9 12.1 12.5 11.5 0.0
Asia 19.4 21.7 17.2 15.6 16.7 40.0
Africa 4.2 2.4 2.0 1.0 2.1 0.0
Middle East 4.2 2.4 4.0 3.1 3.1 0.0
Caribbean 2.8 4.8 6.1 5.2 5.2 0.0
Western Europe 0.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 2.1 0.0
South America 6.9 6.0 4.0 5.2 4.2 20.0
Central Asia 2.8 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.2 0.0
North America 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 2.1 20.0
Central America 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Student Birthplace Unknown 26.8 32.8 39.4 34.0 27.7 36.7
             
At least 1 Parent Born in US 39.7 41.0 41.7 42.7 43.2 37.4
At least 1 Parent Born Outside US 45.7 48.8 52.9 51.0 49.1 44.4
At least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 14.6 10.2 5.4 6.3 7.7 29.3
             
Both Parents Born in US 29.0 27.7 28.9 29.4 30.4 26.3
Both Parents Born Outside US 49.4 47.6 49.5 47.5 46.6 34.2
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 21.6 24.7 21.6 23.1 23.0 28.5
Language            
Native Language English 47.6 48.1 51.8 65.0 66.6 59.4
Native Language other than English 22.3 24.1 20.0 25.0 24.0 15.5
Native Language unknown 30.1 27.8 28.2 10.0 9.4 25.0
             
Speak English at home 22.8 16.8 13.3 22.1 29.3 28.7
Speak language other than English at home 30.1 29.2 24.9 40.0 40.3 32.9
Language unknown 47.0 54.0 61.8 37.9 30.3 38.4
             
Most comfortable with English 16.1 15.2 13.3 23.3 22.6 21.2
Most comfortable with language other than English 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0
Equally comfortable with both languages 13.4 13.6 10.9 15.4 22.6 11.2
Most comfortable language unknown 69.9 70.8 75.3 60.6 60.3 38.4
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files    
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