Enrollment Trends at Ponce Health Sciences University-East

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 7 years is 663 where 764 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2020 to 2025, growing from 563 to 764 students, a gain of 201 (35.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ponce Health Sciences University-East since 2019.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2019-20	563	41	9	32	522	103	419
2020-21	610 47	54 13	8 -1	46 14	556 34	106 3	450 31
2021-22	665 55	47 -7	6 -2	41 -5	618 62	113 7	505 55
2022-23	680 15	46 -1	4 -2	42 1	634 16	102 -11	532 27
2023-24	693 13	65 19	9 5	56 14	628 -6	97 -5	531 -1
2024-25	764 71	131 66	25 16	106 50	633 5	91 -6	542 11
Average	663	64	10	54	599	102	497

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 7 years is 64 where 131 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 Ponce Health Sciences University-East since 2019.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2019-20	41	41	9	32	0	0	0
2020-21	54	54	8	46	0	0	0
2021-22	47	47	6	41	0	0	0
2022-23	46	46	4	42	0	0	0
2023-24	65	60	9	51	5	0	5
2024-25	131	131	25	106	0	0	0
Average	64	64	10	53	64	0	1

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 7 years is 599 where 633 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 Ponce Health Sciences University-East since 2019.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2019-20	522	514	101	413	8	2	6
2020-21	556	531	104	427	25	2	23
2021-22	618	612	111	501	6	2	4
2022-23	634	618	99	519	16	3	13
2023-24	628	612	93	519	16	4	12
2024-25	633	619	89	530	14	2	12
Average	599	599	100	485	599	3	12

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.52% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at Ponce Health Sciences University-East. 0.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 99.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.00% to 0.52%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.18% to 0.13%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 90.59% to 99.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0156 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1794 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ponce Health Sciences University-East over the past 7 years (2019-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2019-20	0	1	2	510	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	2	607	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	2	663	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	2	678	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	1	690	0	2	0
2024-25	0	1	0	758	0	4	0
Average	0	0	2	651	0	1	0

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Ponce Health Sciences University-East does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.