Enrollment Trends at PUCPR-Mayaguez

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,088 where 679 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

85.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 808 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 18 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.89 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PUCPR-Mayaguez than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,505	1,389	548	841	116	39	77
2016-17	1,575 70	1,462 73	588 40	874 33	113 -3	37 -2	76 -1
2017-18	1,424 -151	1,304 -158	504 -84	800 -74	120 7	35 -2	85 9
2018-19	1,273 -151	1,160 -144	447 -57	713 -87	113 -7	28 -7	85
2019-20	1,208 -65	1,091 -69	378 -69	713	117 4	33 5	84 -1
2020-21	996 -212	902 -189	313 -65	589 -124	94 -23	27 -6	67 -17
2021-22	785 -211	707 -195	237 -76	470 -119	78 -16	15 -12	63 -4
2022-23	725 -60	659 -48	233 -4	426 -44	66 -12	15	51 -12
2023-24	706 -19	618 -41	214 -19	404 -22	88 22	24 9	64 13
2024-25	679 -27	581 -37	210 -4	371 -33	98 10	25 1	73 9
Average	1,088	987	367	620	100	28	73

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 987 where 581 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,389	1,217	485	732	172	63	109
2016-17	1,462	1,279	517	762	183	71	112
2017-18	1,304	1,159	445	714	145	59	86
2018-19	1,160	1,026	391	635	134	56	78
2019-20	1,091	950	331	619	141	47	94
2020-21	902	779	263	516	123	50	73
2021-22	707	598	199	399	109	38	71
2022-23	659	556	201	355	103	32	71
2023-24	618	499	182	317	119	32	87
2024-25	581	462	169	293	119	41	78
Average	987	987	318	534	987	49	86

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 100 where 98 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	116	81	29	52	35	10	25
2016-17	113	69	19	50	44	18	26
2017-18	120	71	23	48	49	12	37
2018-19	113	76	19	57	37	9	28
2019-20	117	79	22	57	38	11	27
2020-21	94	67	23	44	27	4	23
2021-22	78	43	6	37	35	9	26
2022-23	66	35	11	24	31	4	27
2023-24	88	42	11	31	46	13	33
2024-25	98	61	16	45	37	9	28
Average	100	100	18	45	100	10	28

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.00% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Hispanic students comprise 99.71% 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%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 98.87% to 99.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0059 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.0225 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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
	2015-16	0	0	0	1,488	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	1,555	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	1,410	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	1,259	0	1	0
2019-20	0	0	0	1,199	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	990	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	777	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	724	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	703	0	0	0
2024-25	0	0	0	677	0	0	0
Average	0	0	0	1,078	0	0	0