TABLE  1.10            
BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTERING TRANSFER STUDENTS,  FALL 1993-1997
             
  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997  
VARIABLE % % % % %  
             
SEX             
FEMALE  61.1  59.1 58.8  59.6  56.4  
MALE 38.9  40.9 41.2  40.4  43.6  
             
AGE            
17-19 16.1  13.2 11.3  14.3  13.0   
20 20.5  22.2 18.9  17.1  19.3  
21 17.3  15.9 22.1  20.5  18.1  
22-24 23.6  23.3 22.4  22.9  22.3  
25-29 10.1  11.5 12.8  10.7  10.5  
30+ 12.1  13.9 12.5  14.5  16.8  
             
ENROLLMENT STATUS            
FULL-TIME * 72.4  83.2 76.0  82.9  81.3  
PART-TIME 27.6  16.8 24.0  17.1  18.7  
             
RESIDENCE            
OFF-CAMPUS 76.4  78.5 75.1  75.0  77.5  
ON-CAMPUS 23.6  21.5 24.9  25.0  22.5  
             
RACE/ETHNICITY **            
AFRICAN AMERICAN 5.8  6.5 7.6  8.3  9.0   
ASIAN 2.7  2.8 3.3  2.2  4.3  
HISPANIC/LATINO/A 7.4  8.2 10.1  9.3  11.5  
NATIVE AMERICAN 0.5  0.0  0.1  0.0  0.0   
WHITE  83.6  82.5 78.8  80.2  75.2  
             
COUNTY OF ORIGIN            
BERGEN 23.4  25.8 25.3  24.2  26.9  
ESSEX 7.0  7.3 8.6  8.9  6.4  
HUDSON 2.1  3.2 3.6  2.0  2.9  
MIDDLESEX 2.7  2.8 3.5  3.4  2.2  
MONMOUTH 3.1  3.7 3.5  3.1  2.8  
MORRIS 14.3  12.4 12.7  12.6  12.9  
PASSAIC 24.8  26.2 22.6  25.2  24.4  
SUSSEX 7.0  5.1 6.1  6.1  8.0   
UNION 1.3  0.7 1.7  2.4  1.0   
OTHER NJ COUNTIES 10.4  9.6 8.5  7.6  9.0   
OUT OF STATE 4.0  3.2 3.9  4.5  3.5  
             
TOTAL  960 903 822  789  808   
             
* Full-time is defined as 12 or more credits per semester.            
           
** In 1992 6 students did not report their race/ethnicity; in 1993, 9 did not; in 1994, 10; in 1995, 9 and in 1996 and 1997 0 did not.             
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The average age of entering transfer students is 24 years.
           
SOURCE: FALL 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT            
                  FALL 1992, 1995 SURE ENROLLMENT TAPES        
11/07/97
Last Updated on 11/20/97
By Richard Varron
Email: zeffj@gw.wpunj.edu