Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PUCPR-Mayaguez

At Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.50%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.94%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.83%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of PUCPR-Mayaguez applicants increased by 28.41% (123 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.50%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.94% at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 87.16% and women students' rate is 87.67%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	30.56%	31.53%	29.91%
2014-15	56.31% 25.75%	56.82% 25.29%	56.00% 26.09%
2015-16	94.82% 38.51%	95.56% 38.73%	94.41% 38.41%
2016-17	99.61% 4.79%	100.00% 4.44%	99.37% 4.96%
2017-18	98.85% -0.76%	98.31% -1.69%	99.13% -0.24%
2018-19	96.20% -2.65%	93.68% -4.63%	97.45% -1.68%
2019-20	97.86% 1.65%	96.43% 2.75%	98.60% 1.15%
2020-21	96.56% -1.30%	93.53% -2.90%	97.98% -0.62%
2021-22	95.06% -1.50%	95.77% 2.25%	94.79% -3.19%
2022-23	99.77% 4.71%	100.00% 4.23%	99.64% 4.85%
2023-24	96.94% -2.83%	97.12% -2.88%	97.13% -2.51%
Average	87.50%	87.16%	87.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.83% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52.12%	52.05%	52.17%
2014-15	43.52% -8.61%	47.06% -5.00%	41.37% -10.80%
2015-16	48.74% 5.22%	54.65% 7.59%	45.07% 3.70%
2016-17	50.39% 1.65%	53.27% -1.38%	48.58% 3.51%
2017-18	36.82% -13.57%	35.06% -18.21%	37.72% -10.86%
2018-19	36.09% -0.73%	44.79% 9.73%	31.98% -5.74%
2019-20	46.88% 10.78%	50.00% 5.21%	45.28% 13.31%
2020-21	32.07% -14.81%	38.46% -11.54%	29.21% -16.07%
2021-22	36.80% 4.73%	33.82% -4.64%	37.91% 8.70%
2022-23	25.69% -11.11%	27.39% -6.44%	24.73% -13.18%
2023-24	18.00% -7.70%	18.81% -8.58%	18.05% -6.68%
Average	38.83%	41.40%	37.46%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 563, the average number of admitted is 443, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 170.

The number of PUCPR-Mayaguez applicants increased by 28.41% (123 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,155	353	184
2014-15	959 -16.97%	540 52.97%	235 27.72%
2015-16	502 -47.65%	476 -11.85%	232 -1.28%
2016-17	518 3.19%	516 8.40%	260 12.07%
2017-18	522 0.77%	516	190 -26.92%
2018-19	527 0.96%	507 -1.74%	183 -3.68%
2019-20	327 -37.95%	320 -36.88%	150 -18.03%
2020-21	436 33.33%	421 31.56%	135 -10.00%
2021-22	263 -39.68%	250 -40.62%	92 -31.85%
2022-23	433 64.64%	432 72.80%	111 20.65%
2023-24	556 28.41%	539 24.77%	97 -12.61%
Average	563	443	170

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez and similar schools.