Enrollment Trends for Puerto Rico Colleges

There are 76 active four-years colleges and universities in Puerto Rico - 14 public and 62 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 154,415 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Puerto Rico including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 24.45% from 204,380 to 154,415. The undergraduate population decreased by 26.77% and the graduate population decreased by 9.51% in last 10 years at Puerto Rico Colleges.

By gender, there are 94,449 female students and 59,966 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.58 to 1. The female students decreased by 21.81% and male students decreased by 28.25% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 184,943, and 154,415 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 83.87% are undergraduate students and 16.13% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 47,346, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 2,619.

The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Puerto Rico Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Puerto Rico Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	204,380	176,850	74,066	102,784	27,530	9,513	18,017
2014-15	202,088 -2,292	173,893 -2,957	73,543 -523	100,350 -2,434	28,195 665	9,808 295	18,387 370
2015-16	200,233 -1,855	171,770 -2,123	72,865 -678	98,905 -1,445	28,463 268	10,026 218	18,437 50
2016-17	197,395 -2,838	168,298 -3,472	71,211 -1,654	97,087 -1,818	29,097 634	10,231 205	18,866 429
2017-18	194,391 -3,004	165,673 -2,625	69,557 -1,654	96,116 -971	28,718 -379	10,047 -184	18,671 -195
2018-19	180,853 -13,538	153,053 -12,620	63,703 -5,854	89,350 -6,766	27,800 -918	9,601 -446	18,199 -472
2019-20	176,762 -4,091	148,801 -4,252	61,521 -2,182	87,280 -2,070	27,961 161	9,447 -154	18,514 315
2020-21	175,805 -957	148,196 -605	59,006 -2,515	89,190 1,910	27,609 -352	9,252 -195	18,357 -157
2021-22	163,110 -12,695	136,826 -11,370	54,283 -4,723	82,543 -6,647	26,284 -1,325	8,502 -750	17,782 -575
2022-23	154,415 -8,695	129,504 -7,322	51,648 -2,635	77,856 -4,687	24,911 -1,373	8,318 -184	16,593 -1,189
Average	184,943	157,286	65,140	92,146	27,657	9,475	18,182

Puerto Rico Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 157,286. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 47,346 from 176,850 to 129,504.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Puerto Rico Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	176,850	145,629	61,096	84,533	31,221	12,970	18,251
2014-15	173,893	142,366	60,250	82,116	31,527	13,293	18,234
2015-16	171,770	140,865	59,807	81,058	30,905	13,058	17,847
2016-17	168,298	137,426	58,094	79,332	30,872	13,117	17,755
2017-18	165,673	132,614	55,504	77,110	33,059	14,053	19,006
2018-19	153,053	122,633	50,968	71,665	30,420	12,735	17,685
2019-20	148,801	116,573	48,331	68,242	32,228	13,190	19,038
2020-21	148,196	102,376	41,030	61,346	45,820	17,976	27,844
2021-22	136,826	99,516	39,691	59,825	37,310	14,592	22,718
2022-23	129,504	98,288	38,965	59,323	31,216	12,683	18,533
Average	157,286	157,286	51,374	72,455	157,286	13,767	19,691

Puerto Rico Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 27,657. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 2,619 from 27,530 to 24,911.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Puerto Rico Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27,530	18,591	6,649	11,942	8,939	2,864	6,075
2014-15	28,195	18,868	6,815	12,053	9,327	2,993	6,334
2015-16	28,463	19,115	6,865	12,250	9,348	3,161	6,187
2016-17	29,097	19,776	7,129	12,647	9,321	3,102	6,219
2017-18	28,718	21,618	7,612	14,006	7,100	2,435	4,665
2018-19	27,800	20,312	7,094	13,218	7,488	2,507	4,981
2019-20	27,961	20,178	6,925	13,253	7,783	2,522	5,261
2020-21	27,609	19,899	6,839	13,060	7,710	2,413	5,297
2021-22	26,284	19,129	6,245	12,884	7,155	2,257	4,898
2022-23	24,911	18,177	6,086	12,091	6,734	2,232	4,502
Average	27,657	27,657	6,826	12,740	27,657	2,649	5,442

Puerto Rico Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.74% and the percentage of black students is 1.26% at Puerto Rico Colleges. 0.08% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Puerto Rico Colleges over the past 10 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	89	121	222	199,042	12	992	405
2014-15	91	135	169	197,332	11	490	126
2015-16	116	128	178	193,981	16	588	143
2016-17	44	137	184	192,046	31	679	167
2017-18	149	112	474	189,121	29	533	108
2018-19	150	86	592	174,949	19	470	67
2019-20	193	84	778	170,517	14	431	55
2020-21	252	118	1,686	166,663	38	1,064	143
2021-22	327	109	1,874	155,367	30	1,051	151
2022-23	289	126	1,945	146,819	32	1,138	171
Average	170	116	810	178,584	23	744	154

Puerto Rico Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

15,134 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 167.15% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Puerto Rico Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	205,589	5,665	31,834	168,090
2013-14	204,380	8,636	43,533	152,211
2014-15	202,088	7,387	39,590	155,111
2015-16	200,233	7,840	32,073	160,320
2016-17	197,395	8,371	27,868	161,156
2017-18	194,391	8,440	35,212	150,739
2018-19	180,853	9,349	34,159	137,345
2019-20	176,762	10,399	38,409	127,954
2020-21	175,804	24,442	72,065	79,297
2021-22	163,110	22,936	77,855	62,319
2022-23	154,415	15,134	75,697	63,584
Average	186,820	11,691	46,209	128,921

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