Enrollment Trends at PUCPR

The student population at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce is 5,776 (4,139 undergraduate and 1,637 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,565 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PUCPR is 71.66% which is decreased by 1,893 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 672 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

156 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 147.62% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,178 where 5,776 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,893 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 672 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PUCPR than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,341	6,032	2,492	3,540	2,309	798	1,511
2014-15	8,079 -262	5,865 -167	2,412 -80	3,453 -87	2,214 -95	741 -57	1,473 -38
2015-16	7,767 -312	5,539 -326	2,287 -125	3,252 -201	2,228 14	731 -10	1,497 24
2016-17	7,360 -407	5,214 -325	2,152 -135	3,062 -190	2,146 -82	683 -48	1,463 -34
2017-18	7,381 21	5,405 191	2,169 17	3,236 174	1,976 -170	609 -74	1,367 -96
2018-19	7,136 -245	5,291 -114	2,052 -117	3,239 3	1,845 -131	557 -52	1,288 -79
2019-20	7,152 16	5,346 55	2,045 -7	3,301 62	1,806 -39	552 -5	1,254 -34
2020-21	6,614 -538	4,889 -457	1,804 -241	3,085 -216	1,725 -81	534 -18	1,191 -63
2021-22	6,175 -439	4,473 -416	1,555 -249	2,918 -167	1,702 -23	523 -11	1,179 -12
2022-23	5,776 -399	4,139 -334	1,484 -71	2,655 -263	1,637 -65	499 -24	1,138 -41
Average	7,178	5,219	2,045	3,174	1,959	623	1,336

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,219 where 4,139 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-Ponce since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,032	5,479	2,260	3,219	553	232	321
2014-15	5,865	5,276	2,171	3,105	589	241	348
2015-16	5,539	4,980	2,056	2,924	559	231	328
2016-17	5,214	4,590	1,886	2,704	624	266	358
2017-18	5,405	4,779	1,932	2,847	626	237	389
2018-19	5,291	4,699	1,802	2,897	592	250	342
2019-20	5,346	4,713	1,794	2,919	633	251	382
2020-21	4,889	4,282	1,578	2,704	607	226	381
2021-22	4,473	3,744	1,285	2,459	729	270	459
2022-23	4,139	3,553	1,248	2,305	586	236	350
Average	5,219	5,219	1,801	2,808	5,219	244	366

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

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,959 where 1,637 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-Ponce since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,309	1,671	622	1,049	638	176	462
2014-15	2,214	1,559	558	1,001	655	183	472
2015-16	2,228	1,593	535	1,058	635	196	439
2016-17	2,146	1,474	493	981	672	190	482
2017-18	1,976	1,309	435	874	667	174	493
2018-19	1,845	1,159	373	786	686	184	502
2019-20	1,806	1,113	359	754	693	193	500
2020-21	1,725	1,084	362	722	641	172	469
2021-22	1,702	1,098	355	743	604	168	436
2022-23	1,637	1,070	351	719	567	148	419
Average	1,959	1,959	444	869	1,959	178	467

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.05% and the percentage of black students is 0.03% at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce.

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

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	0	0	0	8,218	0	4	0
2014-15	0	0	4	7,916	0	8	0
2015-16	0	0	1	7,670	0	7	0
2016-17	0	2	1	7,255	0	12	0
2017-18	0	3	2	7,313	0	15	0
2018-19	0	2	1	7,056	0	7	0
2019-20	0	3	2	7,101	0	5	0
2020-21	0	0	2	6,566	0	2	0
2021-22	0	1	1	6,041	0	4	0
2022-23	0	0	2	5,634	0	3	0
Average	0	1	2	7,077	0	7	0

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

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

156 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 147.62% 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-Ponce from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,079	63	1,374	6,642
2015-16	7,767	73	1,224	6,470
2016-17	7,360	108	1,175	6,077
2017-18	7,381	157	1,365	5,859
2018-19	7,136	169	1,460	5,507
2019-20	7,152	135	1,657	5,360
2020-21	6,614	164	1,701	4,749
2021-22	6,175	6,175	0	0
2022-23	5,776	156	1,684	3,936
Average	7,049	800	1,293	4,956

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