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Table 13: New Honors College Students Profile, Fall 2008 to Fall 2013

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
N= 119 135 121 127 122 107
% % % % % %
Race/Ethnicity Imputed          
White 52.9 48.1 60.0 55.1 58.2 56.1
Black 9.2 13.3 6.1 7.1 2.5 6.5
Hispanic 17.6 17.8 12.2 14.2 17.2 7.5
Asian  19.3 20.7 21.7 23.6 22.1 29.9
         
% Women 55.5 60.0 56.2 55.9 67.2 59.1
Student Age          
Mean Age  (number) 18.3 18.3 18.3 18.4 18.4 18.2
Residence          
New York City Total 74.1 73.6 72.6 75.6 71.3 68.2
Queens 28.5 29.5 31.4 28.3 25.4 29.0
Brooklyn 17.2 17.8 22.3 21.3 18.0 21.5
Manhattan 12.1 10.1 2.5 11.0 12.3 6.5
Staten Island 8.6 7.8 10.7 7.1 11.5 9.3
Bronx 7.8 8.5 5.7 7.9 4.1 1.9
Other NY 18.1 21.7 22.3 21.3 26.2 16.4
Nassau 4.3 10.9 6.6 8.7 9.0 1.4
Westchester 6.9 4.7 4.1 4.7 4.1 2.8
Suffolk 2.6 4.7 4.1 2.4 8.2 7.5
Other NY Counties 4.3 1.6 7.5 5.5 4.9 4.7
         
Other US State/Territory 7.8 4.7 5.1 3.1 2.5 2.8
         
Student and Parent(s) Place of Birth         
Student Born in US 31.0 31.8 40.0 69.3 67.5 66.4
Students Born Outside US 19.8 24.0 17.4 19.7 16.4 12.1
Student Birthplace Unknown 49.2 44.2 42.6 11.0 16.1 21.5
         
At Least 1 Parent Born in US 42.2 42.6 44.4 40.2 45.9 37.4
At Least 1 Parent Born Outside US 51.7 52.6 48.7 50.6 49.8 50.5
At Least 1 Parent Birthplace Unknown 6.1 4.8 6.9 9.2 4.3 24.3
         
Both Parents Born in US 32.8 25.6 32.2 27.6 30.3 25.2
Both Parents Born Outside US 40.5 51.2 47.8 48.0 44.3 39.2
Both Parents Birthplace Unknown 26.7 23.2 20.0 24.4 25.4 23.4
Total Number of Languages 13 19 13 12 17 9
Language            
Native language English 52.1 51.1 53.0 70.9 71.3 68.2
Native language other than English 15.1 25.2 16.6 21.3 23.0 12.1
Native language unknown 32.8 23.7 30.4 7.8 5.7 19.6
         
Speak language other than English at home 18.5 25.2 20.0 48.0 43.4 44.9
Speak English at home 10.1 9.6 13.9 37.8 44.3 31.8
Language unknown 71.4 65.2 66.1 14.2 12.3 23.4
         
Most comfortable with English 13.5 11.9 12.2 27.6 22.1 30.8
Most comfortable with language other than English 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Equally comfortable with both languages 4.2 13.3 7.8 18.9 11.0 13.1
Most comfortable language unknown 81.5 74.8 80.0 53.5 66.9 23.4
High School Type          
NYC Public 52.5 53.3 61.2 56.9 51.6 54.3
NYC Private/Parochial 20.8 20.7 15.5 16.9 18.0 15.2
NYS but Not NYC 17.5 16.3 18.9 21.5 25.4 26.7
Out of NYS 9.2 9.6 4.3 4.6 4.1 3.8
GED 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Unknown 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 0.0
Total Freshmen From Selected          
Total Freshmen From Selected High Performance High Schools*         
N= 37 51 46 51 35 38
 - As % of NYC high school graduates
42.0 51.0 38.0 40.2 55.5 66.7
Intended majors          
Base % Answered 68.1 65.9 69.4 74.8 72.9 78.5
Sci/Medicine/Engineering 43.2 38.2 39.9 51.6 53.9 59.2
Social Sciences 33.3 27.0 27.4 17.9 16.8 13.1
Computer Science 1.2 1.1   2.1 2.2 0.0
Business 2.5 1.1 1.2 2.1 0.0 1.2
Education 1.2 7.9 2.4 3.2 0.0 2.4
Classics/Humanities 6.2 10.1 9.5 15.8 10.1 13.1
Communications 6.2 2.3 9.5 1.0 2.2 4.8
Visual/Performing Arts 2.5 6.7 6.0 2.1 9.0 2.4
Public Admin/Law 2.5   1.2 3.2 3.4 0.0
Liberal Arts 1.2 2.3   1.0   3.6
Math/Stat 3.4 2.4   2.2 0.0
* Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, Hunter, Stuyvesant, Murrow, Midwood, Townsend Harris
Source: CUNY IRDB, CUNY Show Files
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