Enrollment Trends at U of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

The student population at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras is 12,037 (9,212 undergraduate and 2,825 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,450 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras is 76.53% which is decreased by 2,914 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 536 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

165 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 489.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,805 where 12,037 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,914 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 536 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,487	12,126	4,627	7,499	3,361	1,284	2,077
2014-15	15,659 172	12,362 236	4,747 120	7,615 116	3,297 -64	1,273 -11	2,024 -53
2015-16	16,454 795	13,014 652	4,996 249	8,018 403	3,440 143	1,347 74	2,093 69
2016-17	16,872 418	13,472 458	5,160 164	8,312 294	3,400 -40	1,313 -34	2,087 -6
2017-18	15,098 -1,774	11,981 -1,491	4,571 -589	7,410 -902	3,117 -283	1,268 -45	1,849 -238
2018-19	14,932 -166	11,657 -324	4,481 -90	7,176 -234	3,275 158	1,256 -12	2,019 170
2019-20	14,395 -537	11,254 -403	4,207 -274	7,047 -129	3,141 -134	1,198 -58	1,943 -76
2020-21	13,892 -503	10,877 -377	3,985 -222	6,892 -155	3,015 -126	1,114 -84	1,901 -42
2021-22	13,226 -666	10,207 -670	3,703 -282	6,504 -388	3,019 4	1,081 -33	1,938 37
2022-23	12,037 -1,189	9,212 -995	3,347 -356	5,865 -639	2,825 -194	1,269 188	1,556 -382
Average	14,805	11,616	4,382	7,234	3,189	1,240	1,949

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,616 where 9,212 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 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,126	10,780	4,083	6,697	1,346	544	802
2014-15	12,362	11,015	4,190	6,825	1,347	557	790
2015-16	13,014	11,557	4,405	7,152	1,457	591	866
2016-17	13,472	12,057	4,578	7,479	1,415	582	833
2017-18	11,981	10,589	3,964	6,625	1,392	607	785
2018-19	11,657	10,238	3,836	6,402	1,419	645	774
2019-20	11,254	9,915	3,638	6,277	1,339	569	770
2020-21	10,877	9,543	3,434	6,109	1,334	551	783
2021-22	10,207	8,928	3,194	5,734	1,279	509	770
2022-23	9,212	8,070	2,880	5,190	1,142	467	675
Average	11,616	11,616	3,820	6,449	11,616	562	785

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,189 where 2,825 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 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,361	2,758	1,077	1,681	603	207	396
2014-15	3,297	2,647	1,044	1,603	650	229	421
2015-16	3,440	2,482	981	1,501	958	366	592
2016-17	3,400	2,705	1,050	1,655	695	263	432
2017-18	3,117	2,307	931	1,376	810	337	473
2018-19	3,275	2,415	964	1,451	860	292	568
2019-20	3,141	2,339	909	1,430	802	289	513
2020-21	3,015	2,322	890	1,432	693	224	469
2021-22	3,019	2,270	846	1,424	749	235	514
2022-23	2,825	2,108	945	1,163	717	324	393
Average	3,189	3,189	964	1,472	3,189	277	477

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.61% and the percentage of black students is 4.85% at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. 0.12% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 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	15	33	30	13,352	3	130	36
2014-15	18	24	24	13,228	2	124	39
2015-16	24	22	23	13,104	2	136	53
2016-17	23	22	17	14,479	5	156	68
2017-18	37	17	188	12,322	3	117	54
2018-19	54	12	310	11,625	2	75	40
2019-20	72	9	423	10,966	2	108	25
2020-21	84	10	527	10,697	0	131	18
2021-22	100	5	587	10,092	0	148	10
2022-23	99	14	584	9,107	1	194	8
Average	53	17	271	11,897	2	132	35

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

165 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 489.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,659	28	5,794	9,837
2015-16	16,454	20	0	16,434
2016-17	16,872	5	0	16,867
2017-18	15,098	3	0	15,095
2018-19	14,932	5	0	14,927
2019-20	14,395	10	0	14,385
2020-21	13,892	3	373	13,516
2021-22	13,226	0	570	12,656
2022-23	12,037	165	3,820	8,052
Average	14,729	27	1,173	13,530

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