Enrollment Trends at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo

The student population at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo is 641 (308 undergraduate and 333 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 345 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo is 48.05% which is decreased by 347 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.77 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

21 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 50.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 905 where 641 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

48.05% of total students is undergraduate students and 51.95% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 347 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.77 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	986	655	244	411	331	74	257
2014-15	1,000 14	650 -5	245 1	405 -6	350 19	70 -4	280 23
2015-16	1,035 35	667 17	262 17	405 0	368 18	75 5	293 13
2016-17	1,041 6	647 -20	251 -11	396 -9	394 26	85 10	309 16
2017-18	1,019 -22	587 -60	231 -20	356 -40	432 38	107 22	325 16
2018-19	940 -79	528 -59	178 -53	350 -6	412 -20	99 -8	313 -12
2019-20	852 -88	456 -72	165 -13	291 -59	396 -16	100 1	296 -17
2020-21	798 -54	419 -37	145 -20	274 -17	379 -17	89 -11	290 -6
2021-22	737 -61	361 -58	119 -26	242 -32	376 -3	76 -13	300 10
2022-23	641 -96	308 -53	101 -18	207 -35	333 -43	69 -7	264 -36
Average	905	528	194	334	377	84	293

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 528 where 308 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	655	556	212	344	99	32	67
2014-15	650	573	218	355	77	27	50
2015-16	667	577	226	351	90	36	54
2016-17	647	542	212	330	105	39	66
2017-18	587	499	191	308	88	40	48
2018-19	528	442	155	287	86	23	63
2019-20	456	392	142	250	64	23	41
2020-21	419	360	121	239	59	24	35
2021-22	361	290	101	189	71	18	53
2022-23	308	242	83	159	66	18	48
Average	528	528	166	281	528	28	53

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 377 where 333 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	331	249	52	197	82	22	60
2014-15	350	263	52	211	87	18	69
2015-16	368	293	64	229	75	11	64
2016-17	394	312	69	243	82	16	66
2017-18	432	280	77	203	152	30	122
2018-19	412	225	62	163	187	37	150
2019-20	396	201	54	147	195	46	149
2020-21	379	198	49	149	181	40	141
2021-22	376	195	36	159	181	40	141
2022-23	333	157	31	126	176	38	138
Average	377	377	55	183	377	30	110

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	0	1	888	0	5	0
2014-15	0	1	910	0	5	0
2015-16	0	1	979	0	3	0
2016-17	0	0	995	0	4	0
2017-18	0	0	984	0	2	0
2018-19	0	0	919	0	3	0
2019-20	0	0	835	0	2	0
2020-21	0	0	783	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	725	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	630	0	0	0
Average	0	0	865	0	2	0

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

21 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 50.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,000	14	391	595
2015-16	1,035	24	411	600
2016-17	1,041	30	419	592
2017-18	1,019	35	355	629
2018-19	940	38	304	598
2019-20	852	19	271	562
2020-21	798	17	276	505
2021-22	737	737	0	0
2022-23	641	21	224	396
Average	896	104	295	497

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