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May 11, 2007
CUNY Asian
Student Data
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CUNY Asian
Student Data
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Enrollment
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Undergraduate
enrollment
has
increased
for all
ethnic
groups at
CUNY
(16.0%),
with Asians
showing the
strongest
growth of
the five
racial/ethnic
groups
tracked at
CUNY (29.3%)
(Table
1A).
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There were
31,061 Asian
undergraduates
enrolled at
CUNY in fall
2006,
representing
15.8% of the
undergraduate
population.
Asians
comprise a
slightly
larger
percentage
of the CUNY
undergraduate
population
in fall 2006
than they
did in fall
2001(Table
2)
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Asians
represent
just under
20% of
undergraduates
at the
senior
colleges,
almost 10%
at the
comprehensive
colleges,
and 15% at
the
community
colleges
(Table 2).
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In terms of
both number
and
percentage,
Baruch has
more Asian
students
than any
other
college
where 34.3%
or 4,393
undergraduates
are Asian
(Table 2).
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The gender
composition
of Asian
undergraduates
is more
balanced
than for the
CUNY
undergraduate
population
overall.
Fifty-three
percent of
Asian
undergraduates
are female,
whereas 61%
are female
overall
(Table 3).
Demographics
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More than
half of all
Asian
students
live in
Queens, and
a quarter
are from
Brooklyn
(Table 4).
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Among Asian
first-time
freshmen,
the largest
and fastest
growing
segment is
students of
Chinese
ancestry.
In 2001,
nearly a
quarter
(24.5%) of
students
reported
Chinese
ancestry,
five years
later, this
number had
grown to
nearly
one-third
(32.4%).
Conversely,
the
percentage
of students
identifying
as Indian
has declined
from 2001 to
2006
(Table 5).
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Nearly
one-quarter
of all Asian
students
report that
their native
language is
English
(24.3%),
this is an
increase of
nearly seven
percentage
points from
2001. More
than
one-third of
all Asian
students
report a
native
Chinese
language,
including
with both
Cantonese
and Mandarin
highly
represented
(Table 6).
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More than
three-quarters
(78.3 %) of
all Asian
students
attended New
York City
public high
schools.
Nine percent
graduated
from a
foreign high
school
(Table 7).
Academic
Programs
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Over 11,000
Asian
students are
currently
pursuing an
associate
degree at
CUNY; and
almost
17,000 are
pursuing a
baccalaureate
degree. A
small number
are seeking
a
certificate
and the
remaining
2,800 are
not enrolled
for a
degree.
Asian
enrollment
growth at
the
baccalaureate
level
outpaced
that at the
associate
level
between 2001
and 2006
(Table 8).
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Business and
Management
is the most
popular
major for
Asians in
baccalaureate
programs
(juniors and
seniors),
with 37.2%
of Asian
students
choosing a
business
major
compared to
22.9% of all
students.
In 2001, 20%
of all Asian
baccalaureate
students
were
majoring in
computer and
information
science.
Five years
later this
percentage
had declined
from to
4.7%, a more
precipitous
drop than
for the
overall
population
at CUNY
(declined
from 9.0% in
2001 to 3.3%
in 2006
(Table 9).
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The majority
of Asian
undergraduates
pursuing an
associate
degree are
enrolled in
Arts and
Science or
General
programs
(29.5%) with
many others
pursuing
degrees in
Business and
Commerce
Technologies
(27.7%). As
with the
baccalaureate
level,
enrollment
in
computer-related
programs at
the
associate
level has
declined
sharply
since 2001,
both for
Asian
students and
for the CUNY
population
as a whole,
while Health
Services
Technologies
has
experienced
strong
enrollment
growth,
particularly
among Asian
students
(Table 10).
Prepared by the
CUNY Office of
Institutional
Research and
Assessment
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