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Table 13: New Honors College Students Profile, Fall 2007 to Fall 2012


2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
N= 110 119 135 121 127 122

% % % % % %
Race/Ethnicity Imputed          
White 46.4 52.9 48.1 60.0 55.1 58.2
Black 12.7 9.2 13.3 6.1 7.1 2.5
Hispanic 19.1 17.6 17.8 12.2 14.2 17.2
Asian  21.8 19.3 20.7 21.7 23.6 22.1
         
% Women 68.2 55.5 60.0 56.2 55.9 67.2
         
Student Age          
Mean Age  (number) 18.3 18.3 18.3 18.3 18.4 18.4
         
Residence  
       
New York City Total 73.8 74.1 73.6 72.6 75.6 71.3
Queens 35.9 28.5 29.5 31.4 28.3 25.4
Brooklyn 18.5 17.2 17.8 22.3 21.3 18.0
Manhattan 10.7 12.1 10.1 2.5 11.0 12.3
Staten Island 5.8 8.6 7.8 10.7 7.1 11.5
Bronx 2.9 7.8 8.5 5.7 7.9 4.1
         
Other NY 19.4 18.1 21.7 22.3 21.3 26.2
Nassau 3.9 4.3 10.9 6.6 8.7 9.0
Westchester 1.9 6.9 4.7 4.1 4.7 4.1
Suffolk 3.9 2.6 4.7 4.1 2.4 8.2
Other NY Counties 9.7 4.3 1.6 7.5 5.5 4.9
         
Other US State/Territory 6.8 7.8 4.7 5.1 3.1 2.5
         
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth          
Student Born in US 51.5 31.0 31.8 40.0 69.3 67.5
Students Born Outside US 19.4 19.8 24.0 17.4 19.7 16.4
Student Birthplace Unknown 29.1 49.2 44.2 42.6 11.0 16.1
         
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 43.7 42.2 42.6 44.4 40.2 45.9
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 41.8 51.7 52.6 48.7 50.6 49.8
At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 14.5 6.1 4.8 6.9 9.2 4.3
         
Both Parents Born in US 32.0 32.8 25.6 32.2 27.6 30.3
Both Parents Born Outside US 50.5 40.5 51.2 47.8 48.0 44.3
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 17.5 26.7 23.2 20.0 24.4 25.4
         
Total Number of Languages 14 13 19 13 12 17
         
Language          
Native language English 54.5 52.1 51.1 53.0 70.9 71.3
Native language other than English 16.4 15.1 25.2 16.6 21.3 23.0
Native language unknown 29.1 32.8 23.7 30.4 7.8 5.7
         
Speak language other than English at home 29.1 18.5 25.2 20.0 48.0 43.4
Speak English at home 18.2 10.1 9.6 13.9 37.8 44.3
Language unknown 52.7 71.4 65.2 66.1 14.2 12.3
         
Most comfortable with English 14.5 13.5 11.9 12.2 27.6 22.1
Most comfortable with language other than English 0.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equally comfortable with both languages 13.6 4.2 13.3 7.8 18.9 11.0
Most comfortable language unknown 70.9 81.5 74.8 80.0 53.5 66.9
         
High School Type          
NYC Public 65.7 52.5 53.3 61.2 56.9 51.6
NYC Private/Parochial 14.8 20.8 20.7 15.5 16.9 18.0
NYS but Not NYC 10.2 17.5 16.3 18.9 21.5 25.4
Out of NYS 8.3 9.2 9.6 4.3 4.6 4.1
GED 0.9 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.8
Total Freshmen From Selected          
High Performance High Schools *         N= 45 37 51 46 51 35
- As % of NYC high school graduates 51.7 42.0 51.0 38.0 40.2 55.5
         
Intended majors          
Base % Answered 61.8 68.1 65.9 69.4 74.8 72.9
Sci/Medicine/Engineering 32.4 43.2 38.2 39.9 51.6 53.9
Social Sciences 35.3 33.3 27.0 27.4 17.9 16.8
Computer Science 2.9 1.2 1.1   2.1 2.2
Business 1.5 2.5 1.1 1.2 2.1 0.0
Education 7.4 1.2 7.9 2.4 3.2 0.0
Classics/Humanities 10.3 6.2 10.1 9.5 15.8 10.1
Communications 2.9 6.2 2.3 9.5 1.0 2.2
Visual/Performing Arts 5.9 2.5 6.7 6.0 2.1 9.0
Public Admin/Law   2.5   1.2 3.2 3.4
Liberal Arts   1.2 2.3   1.0  
Math/Stat 1.5 3.4 2.4   2.2
* Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, Hunter, Stuyvesant, Murrow, Midwood, Townsend Harris      
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files
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