Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PUCPR

At Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 46.97%, and the 2024 yield is 28.00%.

The number of PUCPR applicants increased by 15.18% (398 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 88.96% and women students' rate is 89.09%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.96%	67.38%	63.54%
2014-15	73.56% 8.60%	72.54% 5.16%	74.14% 10.60%
2015-16	96.23% 22.68%	95.96% 23.42%	96.39% 22.25%
2016-17	97.68% 1.45%	97.39% 1.43%	97.84% 1.45%
2017-18	92.64% -5.04%	92.17% -5.22%	92.90% -4.95%
2018-19	91.71% -0.93%	91.88% -0.29%	91.62% -1.27%
2019-20	92.87% 1.15%	92.81% 0.93%	92.90% 1.27%
2020-21	91.20% -1.66%	90.72% -2.10%	91.48% -1.42%
2021-22	85.01% -6.20%	83.93% -6.78%	85.98% -5.50%
2022-23	94.74% 9.73%	95.74% 11.80%	94.22% 8.25%
2023-24	90.00% -4.74%	98.03% 2.30%	98.98% 4.76%
Average	88.24%	88.96%	89.09%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 46.97% where the current academic year yield is 28.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	70.69%	72.53%	69.54%
2014-15	57.45% -13.23%	60.70% -11.83%	55.64% -13.91%
2015-16	51.06% -6.40%	58.72% -1.98%	46.67% -8.96%
2016-17	42.14% -8.92%	47.13% -11.59%	39.45% -7.22%
2017-18	49.30% 7.16%	52.06% 4.94%	47.83% 8.38%
2018-19	49.72% 0.42%	49.57% -2.49%	49.81% 1.98%
2019-20	51.24% 1.52%	54.45% 4.88%	49.41% -0.39%
2020-21	37.88% -13.36%	37.69% -16.76%	37.99% -11.42%
2021-22	47.98% 10.10%	47.97% 10.28%	48.04% 10.05%
2022-23	31.20% -16.78%	32.12% -15.85%	30.72% -17.32%
2023-24	28.00% -3.20%	30.02% -2.10%	26.98% -3.74%
Average	46.97%	49.36%	45.64%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,389, the average number of admitted is 2,108, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 958.

The number of PUCPR applicants increased by 15.18% (398 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-Ponce from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,400	1,559	1,102
2014-15	2,371 -1.21%	1,744 11.87%	1,002 -9.07%
2015-16	1,964 -17.17%	1,890 8.37%	965 -3.69%
2016-17	2,286 16.40%	2,233 18.15%	941 -2.49%
2017-18	2,555 11.77%	2,367 6.00%	1,167 24.02%
2018-19	2,570 0.59%	2,357 -0.42%	1,172 0.43%
2019-20	2,299 -10.54%	2,135 -9.42%	1,094 -6.66%
2020-21	2,353 2.35%	2,146 0.52%	813 -25.69%
2021-22	1,834 -22.06%	1,559 -27.35%	748 -8.00%
2022-23	2,622 42.97%	2,484 59.33%	775 3.61%
2023-24	3,020 15.18%	2,718 9.42%	761 -1.81%
Average	2,389	2,108	958

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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