The 2024 average acceptance rate of 4-year colleges in Puerto Rico is 71.16% - 22,497 students accepted out of total 37,119.
Compared to the acceptance rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 63.32% to 71.16%. The Puerto Rico Colleges' yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 74.55% and the yield is lower than 83.34%, rate of 10 years ago.
Acceptance Rate Trends
The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.28% where the current academic year rate is 71.16% at Puerto Rico Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 67.06% and women students' rate is 66.36%.
The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Puerto Rico Colleges over the past 11 years (2013-2024).
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
63.32% |
63.97% |
62.69% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
65.40%
2.08% |
67.70%
3.73% |
64.02%
1.33% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
65.71%
0.30% |
65.84%
-1.86% |
65.33%
1.31% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
62.26%
-3.45% |
63.28%
-2.56% |
61.82%
-3.51% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
66.15%
3.89% |
66.40%
3.11% |
65.04%
3.22% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
61.56%
-4.58% |
60.74%
-5.65% |
61.83%
-3.21% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
68.38%
6.82% |
69.12%
8.38% |
68.55%
6.72% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
67.94%
-0.44% |
67.30%
-1.81% |
67.54%
-1.01% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
69.53%
1.59% |
68.91%
1.60% |
69.47%
1.93% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
67.72%
-1.81% |
70.81%
1.90% |
72.02%
2.55% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
71.16%
3.45% |
73.59%
2.77% |
71.60%
-0.42% |
|---|
| Average |
66.28% |
67.06% |
66.36% |
|---|
Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes
The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 78.78% where the current academic year yield is 74.55%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Puerto Rico Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Total | Men | Women |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
83.34% |
84.01% |
82.63% |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
80.01%
-3.33% |
83.01%
-1.00% |
78.27%
-4.36% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
80.66%
0.65% |
82.90%
-0.11% |
79.10%
0.83% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
79.84%
-0.82% |
82.31%
-0.59% |
77.96%
-1.14% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
80.65%
0.81% |
81.22%
-1.09% |
80.14%
2.18% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
80.10%
-0.54% |
81.18%
-0.05% |
79.51%
-0.63% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
76.38%
-3.73% |
77.55%
-3.62% |
75.69%
-3.83% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
78.47%
2.09% |
79.65%
2.10% |
77.53%
1.85% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
79.26%
0.79% |
80.48%
0.83% |
78.93%
1.39% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
73.33%
-5.93% |
75.25%
-5.23% |
72.30%
-6.62% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
74.55%
1.22% |
75.22%
-0.02% |
74.41%
2.11% |
|---|
| Average |
78.78% |
80.25% |
77.86% |
|---|
Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes
The average number of applicants is 47,973, the average number of admitted is 25,125, and the average number of enrolled students is 19,158 over the last 10 years.
The number of applicants to Puerto Rico Colleges decreased by -7.16% (2,864 applicants) compared to last year.
The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Puerto Rico Colleges from 2013 to 2024.
| Year | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled |
|---|
| 2013-14 |
49,812 |
27,037 |
22,585 |
|---|
| 2014-15 |
53,674
7.75% |
26,365
-2.49% |
21,869
-3.17% |
|---|
| 2015-16 |
60,758
13.20% |
27,482
4.24% |
22,283
1.89% |
|---|
| 2016-17 |
54,737
-9.91% |
27,746
0.96% |
21,803
-2.15% |
|---|
| 2017-18 |
51,449
-6.01% |
28,145
1.44% |
21,950
0.67% |
|---|
| 2018-19 |
55,093
7.08% |
25,902
-7.97% |
20,120
-8.34% |
|---|
| 2019-20 |
52,044
-5.53% |
26,660
2.93% |
19,420
-3.48% |
|---|
| 2020-21 |
38,921
-25.22% |
22,213
-16.68% |
15,952
-17.86% |
|---|
| 2021-22 |
34,108
-12.37% |
20,031
-9.82% |
14,848
-6.92% |
|---|
| 2022-23 |
39,983
17.22% |
22,296
11.31% |
14,695
-1.03% |
|---|
| 2023-24 |
37,119
-7.16% |
22,497
0.90% |
15,215
3.54% |
|---|
| Average |
47,973 |
25,125 |
19,158 |
|---|