A Profile of Middle Eastern Students at Chabot College

Middle Eastern students at Chabot

Year Number Percent

1994 31 < 1%

1995 65 < 1%

1996 98 1%

1997 100 1%

1998 104 1%

2000 129 1%

NOTE: "Middle Eastern" was added as a separate ethnicity category in 1994, so the count was low at first. In addition, some Middle Eastern students identify as "White" or "Other", so the current count may also be low.

Chabot College Fall 2000
	Middle Eastern students	All Chabot		Middle Eastern students	All Chabot
Citizenship	129	14,252	Gender	129	14,252
U.S. Citizen	49%	81%	Male	53%	44%
Permanent resident	47%	18%	Female	47%	56%
Student visas and other	4%	1%		100%	100%
	100%	100%
Age			Student Type
19 or younger	40%	23%	New (first time college)	19%	15%
20-21	20%	15%	New transfer	15%	13%
22-24	12%	13%	Returning transfer	4%	4%
25-29	9%	13%	Returning	5%	11%
30-39	16%	18%	Continuing	53%	55%
40-49	3%	11%	In high school	3%	2%
50 or older	1%	8%		100%	100%
	100%	100%
New students by type of high school district	New Mid. East. students	All new students
			Educational Goal
			Transfer	50%	41%
	26	1,130	AA/AS only	7%	10%
Chabot-LPC Districts	58%	48%	Certificate	9%	15%
Other Alameda County	12%	17%	Personal Development	3%	8%
Other CA Counties	4%	17%	Other/Undecided	30%	26%
Other States	4%	5%		100%	100%
Other Countries	23%	12%
	100%	100%

*Persistence Rates of new and continuing students**
New Students	F94-S95	F95-S96	F96-S97	F97-S98	F98-S99	F99-S00	F00-S01
All students	68%	68%	66%	63%	64%	63%	64%
Mid. Eastern students	56%	82%	74%	57%	77%	77%	60%
Continuing Students	F94-S95	F95-S96	F96-S97	F97-S98	F98-S99	F99-S00	F00-S01
All students	74%	73%	74%	69%	72%	69%	69%
Mid. Eastern students	0%	74%	80%	65%	67%	70%	78%
SOURCES: Institutional Research Dataset, Fall 2000 Census file, Fall/Spring 2000-01 final files
*Persistence rate: Percentage of students enrolled in Fall who also enrolled the following Spring

Last Updated on 7/17/01
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Middle Eastern students at Chabot
Year	Number	Percent
1994	31	< 1%
1995	65	< 1%
1996	98	1%
1997	100	1%
1998	104	1%
2000	129	1%

NOTE: "Middle Eastern" was added as a separate ethnicity category in 1994, so the count was low at first. In addition, some Middle Eastern students identify as "White" or "Other", so the current count may also be low.