How many students at PUCPR? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,776 students have enrolled in Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce with 4,139 undergraduate and 1,637 graduate students.

By gender, 1,983 male and 3,793 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

156 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,684 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce has a total of 5,776 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,139 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,637 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,983 male and 3,793 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total5,7764,1391,637
Men1,9831,484499
Women3,7932,6551,138
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3 White, and 2 Black students out of a total of 5,776 are attending at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian---
Black211
Hispanic5,6341,9163,718
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White312
Two or more races---
Race Unknown1265967
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian---
Black---
Hispanic4,1091,4712,638
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White---
Two or more races---
Race Unknown23914
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian---
Black211
Hispanic1,5254451,080
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White312
Two or more races---
Race Unknown1035053
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, PUCPR has 201 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 4,031 students under 25 years old, and 1,745 students over 25 years old out of 5,776 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 201 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. PUCPR has 3,775 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 364 students aged 25 and over.

It has 256 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,381 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1820113071
18-191,359947412
20-211,335875460
22-241,136705431
25-29676405271
30-34370244126
35-3923717661
40-4930421688
50-641489058
Over 651055
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1820113071
18-191,359947412
20-211,322864458
22-24893527366
25-2919492102
30-34693237
35-39392910
40-49382414
50-6421912
Over 65312
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2113112
22-2424317865
25-29482313169
30-3430121289
35-3919814751
40-4926619274
50-641278146
Over 65743
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Student Population by Age chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce, 156 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,684 students are enrolled in some online courses.

133 students lived in Puerto Rico or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 23 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students5,7761561,684
Undergraduate4,1391451,638
Graduate1,6371146
Online Student Population by Locality
Puerto Rico ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students133230
Undergraduate122230
Graduate11-0
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,139 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 123 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.97%.119 students have transferred in as full-time status and 4 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time3,434
Transfer-in Full-time119
Regular Part-time582
Transfer-in Part-time4

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