Enrollment Trends at UPRM

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,309 where 10,618 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

91.96% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.04% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,007 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 146 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in UPRM than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at 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	12,771	11,771	6,345	5,426	1,000	553	447
2016-17	13,314 543	12,281 510	6,625 280	5,656 230	1,033 33	560 7	473 26
2017-18	13,481 167	12,486 205	6,701 76	5,785 129	995 -38	550 -10	445 -28
2018-19	13,224 -257	12,321 -165	6,648 -53	5,673 -112	903 -92	480 -70	423 -22
2019-20	12,954 -270	12,099 -222	6,527 -121	5,572 -101	855 -48	466 -14	389 -34
2020-21	12,825 -129	11,966 -133	6,501 -26	5,465 -107	859 4	455 -11	404 15
2021-22	12,126 -699	11,246 -720	6,178 -323	5,068 -397	880 21	462 7	418 14
2022-23	11,062 -1,064	10,201 -1,045	5,643 -535	4,558 -510	861 -19	448 -14	413 -5
2023-24	10,716 -346	9,855 -346	5,441 -202	4,414 -144	861	447 -1	414 1
2024-25	10,618 -98	9,764 -91	5,450 9	4,314 -100	854 -7	447	407 -7
Average	12,309	11,399	6,206	5,193	910	487	423

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,399 where 9,764 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 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	11,771	10,913	5,899	5,014	858	446	412
2016-17	12,281	11,328	6,092	5,236	953	533	420
2017-18	12,486	11,494	6,154	5,340	992	547	445
2018-19	12,321	11,341	6,079	5,262	980	569	411
2019-20	12,099	11,171	5,987	5,184	928	540	388
2020-21	11,966	10,859	5,845	5,014	1,107	656	451
2021-22	11,246	10,099	5,496	4,603	1,147	682	465
2022-23	10,201	9,017	4,936	4,081	1,184	707	477
2023-24	9,855	8,695	4,786	3,909	1,160	655	505
2024-25	9,764	8,732	4,874	3,858	1,032	576	456
Average	11,399	11,399	5,615	4,750	11,399	591	443

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 910 where 854 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 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	1,000	903	496	407	97	57	40
2016-17	1,033	929	505	424	104	55	49
2017-18	995	884	489	395	111	61	50
2018-19	903	794	423	371	109	57	52
2019-20	855	782	428	354	73	38	35
2020-21	859	766	405	361	93	50	43
2021-22	880	797	416	381	83	46	37
2022-23	861	782	416	366	79	32	47
2023-24	861	777	402	375	84	45	39
2024-25	854	799	419	380	55	28	27
Average	910	910	440	381	910	47	42

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.00% and the percentage of black students is 0.00% at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Hispanic students comprise 91.33% 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 contracted from 92.33% to 91.33%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1660 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1476 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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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
	2015-16	0	0	0	11,791	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	12,468	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	12,585	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	12,206	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	11,947	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	11,816	0	0	0
2021-22	54	0	0	11,056	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	10,057	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	9,762	0	0	0
2024-25	0	0	0	9,697	0	0	0
Average	5	0	0	11,339	0	0	0