University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Student Population

How many students at UPR - Rio Piedras? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 11,312 students have enrolled in University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras with 8,710 undergraduate and 2,602 graduate students.

By gender, 4,380 male and 6,932 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

177 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,393 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

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras has a total of 11,312 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 8,710 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,602 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,380 male and 6,932 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 258 White, 432 Black, and 14 Asian students out of a total of 11,312 are attending at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras is not very diverse with a diversity index of 26.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UPR - Rio Piedras has 554 students under 18 years old and 31 students over 65 years old. There are 8,215 students under 25 years old, and 2,480 students over 25 years old out of 11,493 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 554 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. UPR - Rio Piedras has 7,783 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 483 students aged 25 and over.

It has 432 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,997 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 177 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,393 students are enrolled in some online courses.

164 students who live in Puerto Rico or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,710 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 207 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.38%.156 students have transferred in as full-time status and 51 students transferred in as part-time status.