Enrollment Trends at Caribbean University-Ponce

The student population at Caribbean University-Ponce is 591 (432 undergraduate and 159 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 636 (51.83%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Caribbean University-Ponce is 73.10% which is decreased by 483 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 153 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 100 male students for every 100 female students, up from 81 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Caribbean University-Ponce does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 752 where 591 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,227 students in 2016 and was lowest at 480 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,227 to 591 students, a net loss of 636 (51.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Caribbean University-Ponce since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,227	915	479	436	312	69	243
2016-17	1,062 -165	795 -120	427 -52	368 -68	267 -45	59 -10	208 -35
2017-18	938 -124	655 -140	378 -49	277 -91	283 16	63 4	220 12
2018-19	755 -183	530 -125	312 -66	218 -59	225 -58	53 -10	172 -48
2019-20	657 -98	479 -51	305 -7	174 -44	178 -47	44 -9	134 -38
2020-21	695 38	392 -87	268 -37	124 -50	303 125	161 117	142 8
2021-22	480 -215	370 -22	236 -32	134 10	110 -193	25 -136	85 -57
2022-23	506 26	405 35	258 22	147 13	101 -9	25	76 -9
2023-24	607 101	438 33	277 19	161 14	169 68	38 13	131 55
2024-25	591 -16	432 -6	273 -4	159 -2	159 -10	23 -15	136 5
Average	752	541	321	220	211	56	155

Caribbean University-Ponce Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 541 where 432 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Caribbean University-Ponce since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	915	716	357	359	199	122	77
2016-17	795	560	285	275	235	142	93
2017-18	655	444	244	200	211	134	77
2018-19	530	341	193	148	189	119	70
2019-20	479	298	183	115	181	122	59
2020-21	392	299	205	94	93	63	30
2021-22	370	231	150	81	139	86	53
2022-23	405	300	185	115	105	73	32
2023-24	438	296	185	111	142	92	50
2024-25	432	278	175	103	154	98	56
Average	541	541	216	160	541	105	60

Caribbean University-Ponce Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 211 where 159 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Caribbean University-Ponce since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	312	108	29	79	204	40	164
2016-17	267	160	36	124	107	23	84
2017-18	283	144	34	110	139	29	110
2018-19	225	89	22	67	136	31	105
2019-20	178	82	28	54	96	16	80
2020-21	303	161	115	46	142	46	96
2021-22	110	28	4	24	82	21	61
2022-23	101	38	12	26	63	13	50
2023-24	169	79	20	59	90	18	72
2024-25	159	66	12	54	93	11	82
Average	211	211	31	64	211	25	90

Caribbean University-Ponce Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.00% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at Caribbean University-Ponce. Hispanic students comprise 100.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has remained relatively stable. The percentage of white students decreased from 0.00% to 0.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0000 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.0000 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Caribbean University-Ponce over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Year	2015-16	0	1,227	0
2016-17	0	1,062	0
2017-18	0	938	0
2018-19	0	755	0
2019-20	0	657	0
2020-21	0	665	0
2021-22	0	480	0
2022-23	0	506	0
2023-24	0	607	0
2024-25	0	591	0
Average	0	749	0

Caribbean University-Ponce Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Caribbean University-Ponce

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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