Table 12: New SEEK Students Profile, Fall 2006 to Fall 2011
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
N= | 126 | 108 | 118 | 90 | 82 | 80 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Race/Ethnicity Imputed* | ||||||
White | 15.1 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 11.7 |
Black | 9.5 | 12.0 | 19.5 | 13.3 | 6.1 | 10.3 |
Hispanic | 38.1 | 35.2 | 30.5 | 41.1 | 23.2 | 22.1 |
Asian | 36.5 | 41.7 | 33.9 | 36.7 | 62.2 | 59.7 |
Other | 3.9 | |||||
% Women | 75.4 | 73.1 | 69.5 | 62.2 | 65.9 | 61.3 |
Student Age | ||||||
Mean Age (number) | 18.4 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
Residence | ||||||
New York City Total | 99.2 | 94.4 | 98.3 | 95.6 | 98.8 | 98.8 |
Queens | 33.3 | 25.9 | 18.6 | 36.7 | 37.8 | 38.8 |
Brooklyn | 21.4 | 28.7 | 41.5 | 31.1 | 36.6 | 31.3 |
Manhattan | 19.1 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 10.0 | 12.2 | 13.7 |
Staten Island | 5.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
Bronx | 19.8 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 11.0 | 12.5 |
Other NY | 0.8 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
Nassau | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Westchester | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
Suffolk | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Other NY Counties | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth | ||||||
Student Born in US | 52.4 | 47.2 | 47.5 | 55.6 | 41.5 | 48.7 |
Students Born Outside US | 42.1 | 39.8 | 36.4 | 30.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 |
Student Birthplace Unknown | 5.5 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 17.0 | 7.5 |
At Least 1 Parent Born in US | 19.8 | 12.0 | 14.4 | 20.0 | 7.3 | 10.0 |
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US | 70.6 | 78.8 | 79.7 | 68.9 | 79.3 | 82.5 |
At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown | 9.6 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 7.5 |
Both Parents Born in US | 11.1 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
Both Parents Born Outside US | 70.6 | 73.2 | 67.8 | 65.6 | 73.2 | 76.3 |
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown | 18.3 | 16.6 | 27.1 | 23.3 | 21.9 | 17.4 |
Total Number of Languages | 20 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Language | ||||||
Native language English | 25.4 | 26.9 | 35.6 | 40.0 | 28.0 | 36.2 |
Native language other than English | 59.5 | 52.8 | 43.2 | 48.9 | 47.6 | 52.5 |
Native language unknown | 15.1 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 11.1 | 24.4 | 11.3 |
Speak language other than English at home | 72.2 | 54.6 | 39.8 | 56.7 | 57.3 | 77.5 |
Speak English at home | 9.5 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 7.5 |
Language unknown | 18.3 | 32.4 | 45.8 | 32.2 | 39.0 | 15.0 |
Most comfortable with English | 27.8 | 17.6 | 13.6 | 25.6 | 19.5 | 28.7 |
Most comfortable with language other than English | 7.1 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 10.0 |
Equally comfortable with both languages | 37.3 | 32.4 | 20.3 | 25.6 | 29.3 | 36.3 |
Most comfortable language unknown | 27.8 | 46.3 | 60.2 | 44.4 | 42.7 | 25.0 |
High School Type | ||||||
NYC Public | 92.1 | 88.8 | 88.0 | 85.6 | 93.8 | 90.0 |
NYC Private/Parochial | 3.2 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
NYS but Not NYC | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Out of NYS | 3.2 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
GED | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Foreign | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total Freshmen From Selected | ||||||
High Performance High Schools* * N= | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
- As % of NYC high school | ||||||
graduates | 3.3 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 12.5 |
Intended majors | ||||||
Base % Answered | 56.3 | 59.3 | 61.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 73.7 |
Sci/Medicine/Engineering | 43.7 | 39.1 | 40.3 | 39.7 | 64.0 | 62.7 |
Social Sciences | 12.7 | 15.6 | 13.9 | 17.5 | 10.0 | 13.5 |
Computer Science | 4.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | |
Business | 12.7 | 12.5 | 23.6 | 12.7 | 6.0 | 10.2 |
Education | 22.5 | 18.8 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 4.0 | |
Classics/Humanities | 4.7 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.7 | |
Communications | 2.8 | 4.8 | 2.0 | |||
Visual/Performing Arts | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
Public Admin/Law | 4.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 |
Liberal Arts | 1.6 | |||||
Math/Stat | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 3.4 | ||
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files | ||||||
* reported race/ethnicity shown for 2011.Total percentage may exceed 100% since multiracial responses indicated | ||||||
** Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, Hunter, Stuyvesant, Murrow, Midwood, Townsend Harris | ||||||
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