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The Geographic Distribution of

Freshmen and Transfer Students atHunter College

2010-2011.By:

Prianka

Denys Dukhovnov

Danielle Finne

Reneel Langdon

Fausto LopezMurtaza Munir

Tomoko Shiohara

Lira Skenderi

Olivia Torres

Peter Tuckel


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Primary Objective

The main objective of this research is to

display the geographic distribution of the

residences of students at various stages of the

admissions process to Hunter.

These stages include application, acceptance,

enrollment and retention.


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Data

The primary data set consists of the total numberfreshmen students who applied, who wereadmitted, who enrolled and who were retainedafter one semester and one year by zip code

during the year of 2010 to 2011. The data are also disaggregated by race: non-

Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, non-HispanicAsian and Hispanic.

The Data set also includes the number ofadmitted and enrolled students whose firstchoice was Hunter by Zip code.


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Data

Appended to this primary data set were twodemographic variables from the decennial(2000) U.S. census. These variables were theracial composition of the zip code (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic Asian and Hispanic) and medianhousehold income.

For simplification we will refer to them simplyas: Black, White, Hispanic, Asian.


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Applicants


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Applied, Admitted, Enrolled and

Retained Students

In total 30,256 people applied to Hunter

College.

Hunter College had an acceptance rate of

25%.

23.5% of admitted students enrolled.

About 95% of the enrolled students continuedtheir studies past one semester.

Approximately 84% of enrollees continued

their studies at Hunter for one year.


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Applicants by Race

Hispanics represented the greatest number of

applicants: 23%.

21% of the applicants were white.

19% of applicants were Asian.

19% applicants were Black.

Applicants from four ethnic groups wereequally represented.


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Applicants by County

Queens had the most applicants of any other

county: 8,377 prospective students.

Kings was a close second with 8,003

applicants.

Manhattan despite Hosting Hunter did not

have many applicants

Hunter College seems to attract mostly local

residents.


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Applicants by County and Race

Combined

The Bronx had the highest population of

Hispanic applicants at 57%.

Brooklyn had the most Black applicants at 34%.

Queens drew in the most Asians at 38%.

Westchester and Suffolk county mainly drew in

white applicants.


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Admitted Students


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Admitted Students by Race

Whites were the highest admitted racial group

with over 2,500 admitted students.

Asians were a near second with approximately

2,250 admitted students.

Hispanics came in third with about 800.

Blacks were last with about 600.

Hispanics and blacks were admitted

significantly less than other groups.


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Admission Rate by Race

Whites made up most of the admitted pool

with 40.5%

Asians were the second most admitted race

with 38.70

Only 12.8% of those admitted were Hispanic.

Blacks came in last 11.7% of those admitted

were black.


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Admitted Students by County

Queens had the most admitted students with

2,308.

Brooklyn was a close second with 1,719

612 admitted students came from New York.

Surprisingly Nassau had more admitted

residents than local Bronx with 521 students

over 535 respectively.


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Admission Rate by County

The highest admittance rates were found incounties outside of the five boroughs.

However non-local counties had significantlylower pools of applicants thereby superficiallyraising admittance rates amongst non-localcounties.

Within the five boroughs Queens had the highestadmittance rate, approximately 27%.

Richmond and Kings followed with 26% and 21%respectively.

New York and the Bronx followed with about 21%and 11% respectively.


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Enrolled Students


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Enrolled Students by Race

The most prominent race amongst enrolleeswere whites with 698 students.

Asians came in second with 590 enrollees.

Hispanics were third with 320 enrollees.

Blacks were last with 178 enrollees.

Blacks and Hispanics had low numbers of

Enrollees probably due to smaller pool of

admitted students.


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Enrollment Rate by Race

Hispanics ranked the highest percentage wise

with regards to enrollees with 36% of

enrollees being Hispanic.

Blacks made up an almost equivalent percent

of the enrollee pool with 27.5%.

It is interesting that those groups who seem to

enroll the greatest and show the greatest

interest are being excluded the most.

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Enrolled Students by County

Number wise, Queens had 643 enrollees, themost, which wasnt surprising considering thatQueens had the most applicants and admitted

students. Brooklyn had the second highest number of

enrollees with 469 students enrolling atHunter.

It seems that the most enrollees came fromthe five boroughs and nearby areas.

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Enrollment Rate by County

Within the five boroughs, Queens had a 28%enrollee rate making it the strongest county

for enrollees.

Kings was second once again with 27%. It seems that the highest significant

enrollment rates were from local areas, and as

we get farther from Hunter College enrollmentrates were superficially high.


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Enrollment Demographics


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Freshmen Enrollment in New York City

Subway Lines seem to pass more around areas

with high density of enrollment.

Easier transportation options might increase

incentive to attend Hunter.

Hunter is alternative to local institutions.

Hunter does not attract students around its

area.


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Racial Composition of Enrollees in the

Bronx

It appears that the Bronx Enrollees are

primarily Black and Hispanic.

Most enrollees from the Bronx areconcentrated in the middle and north Bronx.

Whites and Asians comprised a significant

amount of Enrollees particularly in the West.


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Median Income among Enrollees in

the Bronx

It appears that areas with high numbers of

enrollees tended to be middle class to working

class neighborhoods.

However they were not the lowest of the

classes.

South-west Bronx has low median income and

is not densely populated.


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Manhattan

Most enrollees were of lower-middle class.


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Racial Breakdown of Enrollees in

Manhattan

The lower east side was home to most of

Hunters Enrollees from Manhattan.

The enrollees coming from the area were

primarily Asian.

Other somewhat dense areas were made up

mainly of Hispanic enrollees.


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Brooklyn

Most enrollees came from Bensonhurst,

Sheepshead bay and Brighton Beach

Densest areas connected to medium-low

median income.


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Brooklyn

Brooklyn contributed a large amount of white

and Asian enrollees.

South Brooklyn which was home to most

enrollees in the borough was comprised

primarily of Asians and Whites.

Despite having Brooklyn college, Brooklynites

enrolled at Hunter.


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Queens

Densest areas had medium-low median

income.

Flushing Ridgewood, Flushing, Jamaica and

West Queens drew in the most students.


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Racial Composition of Enrollees in


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Racial Composition of Enrollees in

Queens

Queens appears to draw in many Hispanic and

Asian applicants.

The most dense areas drew in many Asian

Students.

There is also a significant white enrollee

presence in Queens particularly in the South

West.


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Non-Retained Students

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Non-Retained Students by Race

Most non-retainees were white;

approximately 131.

78 Asian students were not retained.

49 Hispanic student were not retained.

Only 30 black students were not retained

Whites seem to be leaving Hunter the most.

Non-Retainee Rate by Race


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Percentage-wise whites had the highest number

of non-retainees with 18.8% of white enrolleesleaving.

Black students were the second most likely to benon-retained students with a 16.9% non-retainee

rate, however we must keep in mind that theblack enrollee pool was significantly smaller thanall the other races.

Hispanics were third most likely (15%) to be non-

retained but like black students their enrollmentpool was smaller.

Asians were the least likely to leave HunterCollege with only 13.2% of enrolled Asians

leaving the university.

Non-Retained Students by County


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Non-Retained Students by County

Queens has the highest number of non-retainees with85 students leaving the university.

Brooklyn was the second highest with 59 students.

New York and the Bronx followed with 28 and 26

respectively. As we got farther away from the university less

students left.

One possible explanation is that we had less enrolleesfrom non-local counties. It is also possible that thosewho came to Hunter from non-local counties wereplanning on staying in the city while local enrolleesmight be using Hunter as a stepping stone.

Non-Retainee Rate by County


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Non-Retainee Rate by County

Within the five boroughs, Enrollees from the

Bronx were most likely to leave Hunter: 21%

chance.

Manhattan also had a high Non-retainee Rate:18% chance.

Non-local counties had smaller enrollee pools

and predictably high non-retainee rates.


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Transfer Students


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Applicants

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Retained

Hunter College has a lot of incoming transfer

students, almost half the amount of

applicants.

13,139 students applied to transfer intoHunter College.

Hunter college has about 25% acceptance rate

for transfer students which is consistent withits freshmen acceptance rate.

Racial Comparison of Freshmen and


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Transfer Applicants

White students made up most of transfer

applicants with 3,394 applicants.

Hispanics came in second with 2,509

applicants.

Blacks came in third with 2,284 applicants.

Asians were last with 1,868 student

applicants.

Transfer Applicants by County


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Transfer Applicants by County

Queens has the most Applicants by countywith 3,159 students applying to Hunter.

Kings county was next with almost 3,000

students applying.

It seemed that the farther we got from the

University the less number of students

applied; again this was consistent withfreshmen applicants.


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Admitted Transfer Students


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Transfer Admitted Students

As with incoming freshmen, whites were themost prominent admitted race with 1,207admitted.

Hispanics came in second with 585 admittedstudents.

Asians came in third with 583 admittedstudents.

Blacks came in last with 452 admittedstudents.

Racial Comparison of Admission rates

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among Freshmen and Transfers

Admitted

Mimicked freshmen admission rates.

Whites made up most of the admitted poolwith 36%.

Blacks were the least likely to get in with only

a 12% admission rate.

This is a 3:1 Ratio ofWhite: blackadmission.

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Admitted Student numbers were similar toapplied Student numbers.

Queens had the highest number of admitted

students: ~700

Kings, New York and Bronx followed

respectively.

As we got farther away from the university,less and less students were admitted.

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Within the five boroughs Manhattan had thegreatest admission rate for transfer students,

about 27%

The Bronx had the lowest admission rate with16%.


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Enrolled Transfer Students


Transfer Enrollees


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Transfer Enrollees

Whites had the most transferred enrolleeswith 735 enrolled students.

Asians came in second with 341 transferred

enrollees.

Hispanics were in third with 332 transferred

enrollees.

Blacks came in last with 252 transferredenrollees.

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Enrolled

Transfer enrollee rate by race was similar tofreshmen data.

Whites were most likely to enroll with near

61% of enrolled students being white.

Asians were second followed by Hispanics.

As usual Blacks came in last with a lower

enrollee rate.

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Queens had the highest number of enrolledstudents with 393.

Kings came in second with 283 enrollees.

New York and Bronx were next with 83 and 33

respectively.

Once again Hunter draws from Queens and

Brooklyn.

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Enrolled Rate county

By county, rates were generally uniform acrossthe five boroughs and non-local counties.

Bronx had the highest percentage of

enrollment with 56%.

Brooklyn and Queens followed with 55% and

54% respectively.


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Transfer Enrollment

Demographics


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Transfer Enrollment in New York City


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and Surrounding Areas

Hunters transfer enrollees are primarily localand grouped within the five boroughs.

Transportation options might be incentive.

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Median Income among Transfer

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Enrollees in the Bronx

There appears to be a pattern between highdensity areas and lower income.

Transfer Enrollees appear to be more from

lower income backgrounds, at least in theBronx.

This is somewhat expected considering Hunter

College offers competitive tuition as anaccredited university.


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Racial breakdown of Transfer Enrollees

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in the Bronx

We can see a large number of Blacks andHispanics enrolling from the Bronx particularly

in high density areas.

However in the South-East, there aremoderate-high density areas that show high

White enrollment

Hispanics seem to be the most dominant racetransferring into Hunter from the Bronx.


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Enrollees in Manhattan

In Manhattan there is a connection betweenlower/middle class income and high transfer

enrollment.

This is apparent particularly around the LowerEast Side.

Most dense areas were the same as Freshmen

enrollment.


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Racial Composition of Transfer

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Enrollees in Manhattan

The most enrollee dense area in Manhattan isgenerally diverse with a large amount of

Hispanic and Asian enrollees.


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Median Income amongst Transfer

Enrollees in Brooklyn


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Like the Bronx there appears to be aconnection between lower income and high

density areas of enrollment.

South Brooklyn has the greatest number oftransfer enrollees which is interesting

considering Brooklyn College is near the area.


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Brooklyn seems to have a very diverse pool oftransfer enrollees.

There are a large amount of Asians, and

Hispanics as well as blacks. The densest areas seem to be quite diverse.


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Enrollees in Queens


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Enrollees in Queens

Queens completed the trend for low incometransfer enrollees.

We can see that those who transfer to Hunter

of middle or lower class (assumption based ondata, classification of middle and lower class

subject to interpretation and standards)


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Enrollees in Queens


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Enrollees in Queens

Queens proves incredibly diverse as well. Many of the enrollee dense areas home large

numbers of hispanics and blacks.

However the neighborhood pools remaindiverse.

Perhaps this trend of diversity is a reflection of

Hunters claim to fame as the most diverseuniversity in America.


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Non-Retained Students

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Race

Whites had the highest number of non-retainees with 195 students leaving Hunter.

Interestingly, Asians Blacks and Hispanics wereleaving Hunter in considerably lower numbers.

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Black students represented the greatestproportion of non-retainees: 37%.

Hispanics followed with a 26% non-retainee

rate. Both racial groups had lower enrollments than

Whites and Asians thereby superficially

boosting non-retainee rates.

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Brooklyn had the highest number of non-retainees with over 109 students.

Queens came in second with 103 non-

retainees. It seems that as we got beyond the five

boroughs and farther away, more people were

retained.


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Non-retainee Enrollment Rate by

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County

Transfer students seemed to be more prone toleaving Hunter, particularly those coming from

Suffolk county.

Within the five boroughs Brooklyn had thegreatest enrollment rate with 28%.

Manhattan came second in second with 27%.

Staten Islanders were least likely to leaveHunter.


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Conclusions and Policy

Implications

Marketing to all Audiences


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As the data shows, Hunter primarily drawsstudents from Queens and Brooklyn.

In order to Diversify, Hunter may want to

market to other boroughs. Hunter may want to target its own host

borough.

Hunter primarily gets students from lowerincomes.

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Based on the data we can see a large gapbetween admission rates.

Despite a large number of Hispanic and Black

applicants, White and Asian admission rateswere higher.

Applicant numbers were generally uniform.

The issue could be racially internal orinstitutional, both merit further research.

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Transfer students are a big part of Huntersdemographic.

However, transfer students seem to leave Hunterquite often.

It may aid Hunter financially to incentivizestudents to stay with stronger curriculums, betterinstruction and an all around more competitiveenvironment.

At the same time some students may find theschool too competitive.

Final Thoughts


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Hunter College is extremely diverse. It copes with an extremely high number of

admitted students and must continue toaccommodate.

Hunter College should continue to build appeal inorder to diversify their student body.

Hunter College should cater to the 5 boroughs inorder to become the local hot college.

This is both a financial and academic gain. It can push out competitors like NYU.


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