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Table 12: New SEEK Students Profile, Fall 2008 to Fall 2013

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
N= 118 90 82 80 78 91
% % % % % %
Race/Ethnicity Imputed          
White 14.4 7.8 8.5 15.0 10.3 12.4
Black 19.5 13.3 6.1 7.5 7.7 13.5
Hispanic 30.5 41.1 23.2 20.0 33.3 33.7
Asian  33.9 36.7 62.2 57.5 47.4 40.4
         
% Women 69.5 62.2 65.9 61.3 59.0 55.1
         
Student Age          
Mean Age  (number) 18.4 18.3 18.7 18.7 18.4 18.3
         
Residence  
       
New York City Total 98.3 95.6 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.9
Queens 18.6 36.7 37.8 38.8 38.5 37.5
Brooklyn 41.5 31.1 36.6 31.3 37.2 34.1
Manhattan 19.5 10.0 12.2 13.7 12.8 12.5
Staten Island 2.5 0.0 1.2 2.5 2.6 2.3
Bronx 16.1 17.8 11.0 12.5 7.7 12.5
Other NY 1.7 4.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.1
Nassau 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0
Westchester 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.0 0.0
Suffolk 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other NY Counties 0.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth         
Student Born in US 47.5 55.6 41.5 48.7 60.2 50.6
Students Born Outside US 36.4 30.0 41.5 45.0 33.3 47.2
Student Birthplace Unknown 16.1 14.4 17.0 6.3 6.5 31.5
         
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 14.4 20.0 7.3 10.0 5.1 11.2
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 79.7 68.9 79.3 82.5 89.7 59.6
At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 5.9 11.1 13.4 7.5 5.2 37.1
         
Both Parents Born in US 5.1 11.1 4.9 6.3 0.0 7.9
Both Parents Born Outside US 67.8 65.6 73.2 76.3 75.6 52.8
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 27.1 23.3 21.9 17.4 24.4 31.5
Total Number of Languages 16 15 15 14 13 17
Language            
Native language English 35.6 40.0 28.0 36.2 35.9 36.0
Native language other than English 43.2 48.9 47.6 52.5 60.3 38.2
Native language unknown 21.2 11.1 24.4 11.3 3.8 25.8
           
Speak language other than English at home 39.8 56.7 57.3 77.5 82.0 61.8
Speak English at home 14.4 11.1 3.7 7.5 10.3 9.0
Language unknown 45.8 32.2 39.0 15.0 7.7 29.2
         
Most comfortable with English 13.6 25.6 19.5 25.0 34.6 28.1
Most comfortable with language other than English 5.9 4.4 8.5 8.8 3.8 0.0
Equally comfortable with both languages 20.3 25.6 29.3 27.5 24.4 31.5
Most comfortable language unknown 60.2 44.4 42.7 38.8 37.2 29.2
High School Type          
NYC Public 88.0 85.6 93.8 90.0 92.3 94.0
NYC Private/Parochial 5.1 7.8 4.9 6.3 6.4 4.8
NYS but Not NYC 1.7 4.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2
Out of NYS 5.1 2.2 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0
GED 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0
Foreign 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Freshmen From Selected High Performance High Schools*         
N= 5 8 8 10 6 5
 - As % of NYC high school graduates 4.9 9.5 9.8 12.5 8.3 6.3
Intended majors          
Base % Answered 61.0 70.0 70.0 73.7 70.5 71.5
Sci/Medicine/Engineering 40.3 39.7 64.0 62.7 65.4 53.3
Social Sciences 13.9 17.5 10.0 13.5 12.7 16.7
Computer Science 2.8 3.2 4.0 3.4 1.8 6.7
Business 23.6 12.7 6.0 10.2 7.3 13.3
Education 8.3 7.9 4.0   7.3  
Classics/Humanities 1.4 3.2 4.0 1.7   3.3
Communications 2.8 4.8 2.0   1.8 1.7
Visual/Performing Arts 2.8 3.2     1.8 1.7
Public Admin/Law 2.8 1.6 6.0 5.1   1.7
Liberal Arts 1.6       1.7
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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