Enrollment Trends at Caribbean University-Ponce

The student population at Caribbean University-Ponce is 506 (405 undergraduate and 101 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,023 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Caribbean University-Ponce is 80.04% which is decreased by 756 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 267 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.79 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

233 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -43.64% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 919 where 506 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.04% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.96% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 756 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 267 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.79 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Caribbean University-Ponce than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Caribbean University-Ponce since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,529	1,161	568	593	368	77	291
2014-15	1,340 -189	1,038 -123	532 -36	506 -87	302 -66	64 -13	238 -53
2015-16	1,227 -113	915 -123	479 -53	436 -70	312 10	69 5	243 5
2016-17	1,062 -165	795 -120	427 -52	368 -68	267 -45	59 -10	208 -35
2017-18	938 -124	655 -140	378 -49	277 -91	283 16	63 4	220 12
2018-19	755 -183	530 -125	312 -66	218 -59	225 -58	53 -10	172 -48
2019-20	657 -98	479 -51	305 -7	174 -44	178 -47	44 -9	134 -38
2020-21	695 38	392 -87	268 -37	124 -50	303 125	161 117	142 8
2021-22	480 -215	370 -22	236 -32	134 10	110 -193	25 -136	85 -57
2022-23	506 26	405 35	258 22	147 13	101 -9	25 0	76 -9
Average	919	674	376	298	245	64	181

Caribbean University-Ponce Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 674 where 405 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Caribbean University-Ponce since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,161	936	444	492	225	124	101
2014-15	1,038	791	392	399	247	140	107
2015-16	915	716	357	359	199	122	77
2016-17	795	560	285	275	235	142	93
2017-18	655	444	244	200	211	134	77
2018-19	530	341	193	148	189	119	70
2019-20	479	298	183	115	181	122	59
2020-21	392	299	205	94	93	63	30
2021-22	370	231	150	81	139	86	53
2022-23	405	300	185	115	105	73	32
Average	674	674	264	228	674	113	70

Caribbean University-Ponce Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 245 where 101 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Caribbean University-Ponce since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	368	151	36	115	217	41	176
2014-15	302	129	33	96	173	31	142
2015-16	312	108	29	79	204	40	164
2016-17	267	160	36	124	107	23	84
2017-18	283	144	34	110	139	29	110
2018-19	225	89	22	67	136	31	105
2019-20	178	82	28	54	96	16	80
2020-21	303	161	115	46	142	46	96
2021-22	110	28	4	24	82	21	61
2022-23	101	38	12	26	63	13	50
Average	245	245	35	74	245	29	107

Caribbean University-Ponce Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.00% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at Caribbean University-Ponce.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Caribbean University-Ponce over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Year	2013-14	0	1,529	0
2014-15	0	1,340	0
2015-16	0	1,227	0
2016-17	0	1,062	0
2017-18	0	938	0
2018-19	0	755	0
2019-20	0	657	0
2020-21	0	665	0
2021-22	0	480	0
2022-23	0	506	0
Average	0	916	0

Caribbean University-Ponce Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

233 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 46% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -43.64% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Caribbean University-Ponce from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,340	0	291	1,049
2015-16	1,227	0	319	908
2016-17	1,062	0	100	962
2017-18	938	0	98	840
2018-19	755	0	177	578
2019-20	657	0	423	234
2020-21	695	0	456	239
2021-22	480	0	480	0
2022-23	506	233	164	109
Average	851	26	279	547

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