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Table 12: New SEEK Students Profile, Fall 2007 to Fall 2012


2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
N= 108 118 90 82 80 78

% % % % % %
Race/Ethnicity Imputed          
White 11.1 14.4 7.8 8.5 15.0 10.3
Black 12.0 19.5 13.3 6.1 7.5 7.7
Hispanic 35.2 30.5 41.1 23.2 20.0 33.3
Asian  41.7 33.9 36.7 62.2 57.5 47.4
       
% Women 73.1 69.5 62.2 65.9 61.3 59.0
       
Student Age        
Mean Age  (number) 18.5 18.4 18.3 18.7 18.7 18.4
       
Residence        
New York City Total 94.4 98.3 95.6 98.8 98.8 98.8
Queens 25.9 18.6 36.7 37.8 38.8 38.5
Brooklyn 28.7 41.5 31.1 36.6 31.3 37.2
Manhattan 22.2 19.5 10.0 12.2 13.7 12.8
Staten Island 0.9 2.5 0.0 1.2 2.5 2.6
Bronx 16.7 16.1 17.8 11.0 12.5 7.7
       
Other NY 5.6 1.7 4.4 1.2 1.3 1.3
Nassau 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
Westchester 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.0
Suffolk 0.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other NY Counties 4.7 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
       
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth        
Student Born in US 47.2 47.5 55.6 41.5 48.7 60.2
Students Born Outside US 39.8 36.4 30.0 41.5 45.0 33.3
Student Birthplace Unknown 13.0 16.1 14.4 17.0 6.3 6.5
       
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 12.0 14.4 20.0 7.3 10.0 5.1
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 78.8 79.7 68.9 79.3 82.5 89.7
At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 9.2 5.9 11.1 13.4 7.5 5.2
       
Both Parents Born in US 10.2 5.1 11.1 4.9 6.3 0.0
Both Parents Born Outside US 73.2 67.8 65.6 73.2 76.3 75.6
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 16.6 27.1 23.3 21.9 17.4 24.4
       
Total Number of Languages 14 16 15 15 14 13
       
Language          
Native language English 26.9 35.6 40.0 28.0 36.2 35.9
Native language other than English 52.8 43.2 48.9 47.6 52.5 60.3
Native language unknown 20.3 21.2 11.1 24.4 11.3 3.8
           
Speak language other than English at home 54.6 39.8 56.7 57.3 77.5 82.0
Speak English at home 13.0 14.4 11.1 3.7 7.5 10.3
Language unknown 32.4 45.8 32.2 39.0 15.0 7.7
         
Most comfortable with English 17.6 13.6 25.6 19.5 25.0 34.6
Most comfortable with language other than English 3.7 5.9 4.4 8.5 8.8 3.8
Equally comfortable with both languages 32.4 20.3 25.6 29.3 27.5 24.4
Most comfortable language unknown 46.3 60.2 44.4 42.7 38.8 37.2
         
High School Type        
NYC Public 88.8 88.0 85.6 93.8 90.0 92.3
NYC Private/Parochial 0.9 5.1 7.8 4.9 6.3 6.4
NYS but Not NYC 0.9 1.7 4.4 1.2 1.2 1.3
Out of NYS 9.3 5.1 2.2 0.0 1.2 0.0
GED 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0
Foreign 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Freshmen From Selected          
High Performance High Schools*         N=
7
5 8 8 10 6
- As % of NYC school graduates 7.2 4.9 9.5 9.8 12.5 8.3
         
Intended majors          
Base % Answered 59.3 61.0 70.0 70.0 73.7 70.5
Sci/Medicine/Engineering 39.1 40.3 39.7 64.0 62.7 65.4
Social Sciences 15.6 13.9 17.5 10.0 13.5 12.7
Computer Science 4.7 2.8 3.2 4.0 3.4 1.8
Business 12.5 23.6 12.7 6.0 10.2 7.3
Education 18.8 8.3 7.9 4.0   7.3
Classics/Humanities 4.7 1.4 3.2 4.0 1.7  
Communications   2.8 4.8 2.0   1.8
Visual/Performing Arts 3.1 2.8 3.2     1.8
Public Admin/Law 1.6 2.8 1.6 6.0 5.1  
Liberal Arts   1.6      
Math/Stat 1.4 4.8   3.4 1.8
* Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, Hunter, Stuyvesant, Murrow, Midwood, Townsend Harris
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files
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