A PROFILE OF CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS

Ed Silverman, Director
City College Office of Institutional Research

[The following information is based on the Fall 1997 student data; 1998 student data will be reported in CityFacts 1998-99, to be distributed in April 1999.]

Total Enrollment:

• The total CCNY student population was 12,093.
• 53.5% (6,474) of all CCNY students were women.
• Men comprised 46.5% (5,619) of all CCNY students.
• Over half (6,354) of all CCNY students were full-time students and 47.5% (5,739) were part-time.
• Graduate students accounted for 25.1% (3,031) of all CCNY students.

Ethnicity - Undergraduate/Graduate

• The three largest undergraduate ethnic groups are Black 37.2%, Latinos (Hispanic and Puerto Rican) 31.8%, and Asian 15.2%. The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.merit.edu) from the August 29, 1997 ALMANAC, Demographics Section, "Racial and Ethnic Distribution" table reported ethnic enrollment distributions in American colleges in 1997 as White 80.3%, Black 12.1%, Hispanic 9.0%, and Asian 2.9%.
• The ethnic data from the voluntary section in the CUNY admissions application shows 90.2% (8,174) of CCNY's undergraduates described themselves as members of a minority group.
• Among CCNY's graduate students, 84.5% (2,561) described themselves as members of a minority group.
• Of all undergraduates, 37.2% (3,371) were Black, 31.8% (2,882) Latinos (Hispanic and Puerto Rican), 15.2% (1,377) Asian/Pacific Islander, 9.8% (888) White, and 0.3% (27) American Indian/Alaskan Native; 5.7% (516) did not respond.
• Of all graduate students, 28.8% (873) were Latinos (Hispanic and Puerto Rican), 27.7% (840) Black, 15.5% (470) White, 15.3% (464) Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.2% (6) American Indian/Alaskan Native; 12.4% (376) did not respond.

Registered v. Admitted Students Fall 1987-1996

• CUNY admitted 1,688 Regular Freshmen to CCNY.
• Of the 659 SEEK students admitted, 43.6% (287) registered.
• 63.6% (782) of the 1,230 admitted transfer students registered.

Students by Class Standing/Enrollment Status

• 6,916 undergraduate students were Continuing Undergraduate Degree students. (Continuing Students = Total Degree Students minus (First-time + Advanced Standing + Continuing Non-degree Students)).
• Of the total 796 First-time degree and Non-degree graduate students, 56.0% (446) were degree students.

SEEK Students by Enrollment Status

• Of the 1,023 First-time Freshmen Degree students, 28.1% (287) were SEEK students.

Fall 1996 Full-time/Part-time Students by Enrollment Status

• 92.6% (947) of the First-time Freshmen were Full-time, degree students. 66.5% (520) of the Advanced Standing Transfer students were Full-time, degree-seeking students.
• 35.0% (156) of the First-time Graduate students were Full-time, degree students.
• 65.4% (4,521) of the Continuing Undergraduate students were Full-time, degree students.
• 9.1% (160) of the Continuing Graduate students were Full-time, degree students.

Placement Test Results

• 88.1% of the Transfer students, 71.8% matriculated Freshman and 60.5% of the SEEK students passed the new Reading test.
• The Math test pass rates were 89.6% for Transfer students, 86.2% for Freshmen, and 66.2% for SEEK students. All Math and Reading test scores were up, and non-SEEK Freshman and Transfer students' Writing scores were up; however, SEEK students' Writing scores were down from Fall 1996.

Undergraduate and Graduate FTEs

• Total Full-time Equivalents (FTEs) were 8,417.
• 83.8% (7,058) of the FTEs were undergraduates and 16.2% (1,360) were graduate students.

Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Awarded

• In the 1996-1997 academic year, 2,361 degrees and certificates were awarded.
• Of the 1,456 Bachelors degrees awarded in 1996-1997, Blacks received 40.8% (595), Hispanics 26.6% (373), Asian/Pacific Islanders 14.6% (212), Whites 12.1% (176), Non-Resident Aliens 5.8% (84).
• The Chronicle of Higher Education ("Earned Degrees Conferred by Racial and Ethnic Group, 1994-1995," page 23, 8/29/97), reported Bachelor's degrees earned by ethnicity in 1994-95 as White 78.7%, Black 7.5%, Hispanics 4.7% and Non-Resident Aliens 3.2%.
• The ethnic breakdown for graduate degrees and advanced certificates in 1996-1997 was Hispanics 24.9% (226), Blacks 22.5% (204), Whites 16.7% (151), Non-Resident Aliens 16.7% (151), and Asian/Pacific Islanders 9.1% (82).
• The number of Bachelor's degrees granted 1996-1997 (1,456) is a ten-year high.

All New Students by Residence and Gender

• Manhattan was home to 31.5% of our students, with Queens (21.5%), Brooklyn (20.9%) and the Bronx (20.3%) as the other major places of residence.

CCNY Students by Native Language

• 90 languages other than English were spoken at CCNY. The three with more than 150 speakers were Spanish (1,560), Chinese (330), and Creole (166).

CCNY Students by Country of Birth

• CCNY students came from 124 countries besides the United States. The three with more than 200 students were the Dominican Republic (629), Jamaica (248), and Haiti (211).

Undergraduate Enrollment

• Of the 9,066 undergraduates, 66.4% (6,024) were Full-time students; 33.8% (3,042) were Part-time, and 3.8% (345) were Non-degree students.
• Women accounted for 51.2% (4,645) of the undergraduates.

Juniors/Seniors (including SEEK) by Division/School

• Engineering consistently was the most popular undergraduate degree choice from Fall 1993 through Fall 1997; Professional Studies (Art, Architecture, Education and Nursing) was second; Social Science was third.
• The Center for Worker Education enrollment was 10.3% (504) of the total CCNY Juniors and Seniors. Fall 1997 marked its high point for the five-year period beginning Fall 1993.
• In Fall 1997, 16.1% (793) of all Juniors and Seniors were undecided about their major. This was a five-year low.

Undergraduates by U.S. Citizens/Non-Resident Aliens by Ethnicity, Full/Part-time Status and Gender

• In Fall 1997, Non-Resident Aliens comprised 10.0% (908) of the total undergraduate population (9,066).
• The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac ("College Enrollment by Race and Ethnic Group, Selected Years," p. 18, 8/29/97), reported ethnic enrollment by total numbers in American colleges in 1995. Converting to percents, "Foreign" students were 2.7%.

Juniors/Seniors Areas of Study by Ethnicity and Gender

• CCNY students are not required to declare a major until they reach their Junior year.
• Women comprised 80.8% (539) of the Education majors, 56.2% (1,156) of the Liberal Arts (CLAS), 56.3% (215) of the BioMed majors, 31.5% (69) of the students in Architecture and 17.6% (229) of the Engineering majors.
• In the Center for Worker Education (CWE), women constitute 84.5% (702) of all Juniors and Seniors.

Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Division/School

• In Fall 1997, the largest number of degrees awarded was in Social Science (322); Engineering was second (261), Education third (194), the Center Worker Education (CWE) was fourth (136) and the Arts division was fifth (130).

Fall 1996 High Schools of Origins for Freshmen

• Twenty-six high schools accounted for 39.5% (404) of the Freshman class.
• 9.1% (93) of our Freshmen come from foreign schools.
• 2.1% (22) were Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) students.
• 2.3% (24) came from outside New York State.

Fall 1997 New Freshman by Age and Gender

• The median (the mid-point of a group with the same number above and below it) and mode (the number that appears most frequently) ages for Fall 1997 new Freshmen were 18.
• 80.4% (823) of all New Freshmen were 19 years old or younger.
• 15.3% (1,389) of all CCNY Undergraduates were 19 years old or younger.

Graduate Enrollment

• Of the 3,041 graduate students registered in Fall 1997, 10.9% (330) were Full-time and 89.1% (2,711) were Part-time.
• Women comprised 60.2% (1,832) of the Fall 1997 graduate student population.

Graduates by U.S. Citizens/Non-Resident Aliens by Ethnicity Full/Part-time Status and Gender

• Non-Resident Aliens comprised 11.9% (361) of the total graduate student population (3,041).

Masters Degrees/Advanced Certificates Awarded by Division/School

• For the academic year, i.e., Summer 1996, Fall 1996, and Spring 1997, 907 graduate degrees were granted. This represents decrease of 19.7% (222) from the previous academic year.
• Over half (608) the graduate degrees granted in 1996/97 were in Professional Studies, 20.1% (182) in Engineering, 3.6% (33) in Science, 3.5% (32) in Social Science, and 3.3% (30) in the Humanities.

Graduate Students' Areas of Study by Ethnicity/Gender

• Of all graduate students (3,041) registered in the Fall 1997, women comprised 60.2% (1,830).
• Women accounted for 71.5% (848) of the Education, 56.7% (384) of the Liberal Arts (CLAS), 25.5% (12) of Architecture, and 25.0% (110) of Engineering majors.

Graduate Students by Age and Gender

• The median (the mid-point of a group with the same number above and below it) and the mode (the number that appears most frequently) ages for Fall 1997 entering graduate students were 31, and 26, respectively.

Feeder Colleges for Transfer Students

• Post-secondary institutions contributing more than 40 Transfer students were Borough of Manhattan Community College (167), Bronx Community College (65), New York City Technical College (48), and LaGuardia Community College (46).
• Foreign colleges accounted for 9.2% (72) of our Transfer students.

Transfer Students' Areas of Study by Ethnicity and Gender

• Over half (439) of all Transfer students were women.
• Women accounted for 89.8% (44) of the Transfer students at Center for Worker Education (CWE).

Transfer Students by Age and Gender

• The median (the mid-point of a group with the same number above and below it) and the mode (the number that appears most frequently) ages for Fall 1997 Transfer students were 27 and 22, respectively.