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.

17.15% of total students is undergraduate students and 82.85% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 90 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 111 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 5.59 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Ponce Health Sciences University-East than male students.

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.

• Trends Table
• 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
• Downloadable Chart

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.