Enrollment Trends at UPR - Rio Piedras

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,971 where 11,312 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

77.00% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.00% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,304 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 838 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UPR - Rio Piedras than male students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,454	13,014	4,996	8,018	3,440	1,347	2,093
2016-17	16,872 418	13,472 458	5,160 164	8,312 294	3,400 -40	1,313 -34	2,087 -6
2017-18	15,098 -1,774	11,981 -1,491	4,571 -589	7,410 -902	3,117 -283	1,268 -45	1,849 -238
2018-19	14,932 -166	11,657 -324	4,481 -90	7,176 -234	3,275 158	1,256 -12	2,019 170
2019-20	14,395 -537	11,254 -403	4,207 -274	7,047 -129	3,141 -134	1,198 -58	1,943 -76
2020-21	13,892 -503	10,877 -377	3,985 -222	6,892 -155	3,015 -126	1,114 -84	1,901 -42
2021-22	13,226 -666	10,207 -670	3,703 -282	6,504 -388	3,019 4	1,081 -33	1,938 37
2022-23	12,037 -1,189	9,212 -995	3,347 -356	5,865 -639	2,825 -194	1,269 188	1,556 -382
2023-24	11,493 -544	8,873 -339	3,268 -79	5,605 -260	2,620 -205	1,159 -110	1,461 -95
2024-25	11,312 -181	8,710 -163	3,273 5	5,437 -168	2,602 -18	1,107 -52	1,495 34
Average	13,971	10,926	4,099	6,827	3,045	1,211	1,834

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,926 where 8,710 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-Rio Piedras 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	13,014	11,557	4,405	7,152	1,457	591	866
2016-17	13,472	12,057	4,578	7,479	1,415	582	833
2017-18	11,981	10,589	3,964	6,625	1,392	607	785
2018-19	11,657	10,238	3,836	6,402	1,419	645	774
2019-20	11,254	9,915	3,638	6,277	1,339	569	770
2020-21	10,877	9,543	3,434	6,109	1,334	551	783
2021-22	10,207	8,928	3,194	5,734	1,279	509	770
2022-23	9,212	8,070	2,880	5,190	1,142	467	675
2023-24	8,873	7,805	2,828	4,977	1,068	440	628
2024-25	8,710	7,631	2,838	4,793	1,079	435	644
Average	10,926	10,926	3,560	6,074	10,926	540	753

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,045 where 2,602 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-Rio Piedras 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	3,440	2,482	981	1,501	958	366	592
2016-17	3,400	2,705	1,050	1,655	695	263	432
2017-18	3,117	2,307	931	1,376	810	337	473
2018-19	3,275	2,415	964	1,451	860	292	568
2019-20	3,141	2,339	909	1,430	802	289	513
2020-21	3,015	2,322	890	1,432	693	224	469
2021-22	3,019	2,270	846	1,424	749	235	514
2022-23	2,825	2,108	945	1,163	717	324	393
2023-24	2,620	1,686	742	944	934	417	517
2024-25	2,602	1,926	806	1,120	676	301	375
Average	3,045	3,045	906	1,350	3,045	305	485

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.28% and the percentage of black students is 3.82% at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. 0.12% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 85.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.83% to 2.28%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.13% to 0.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.14% to 3.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 79.64% to 85.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2705 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.3657 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 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	24	22	23	13,104	2	136	53
2016-17	23	22	17	14,479	5	156	68
2017-18	37	17	188	12,322	3	117	54
2018-19	54	12	310	11,625	2	75	40
2019-20	72	9	423	10,966	2	108	25
2020-21	84	10	527	10,697	0	131	18
2021-22	100	5	587	10,092	0	148	10
2022-23	99	14	584	9,107	1	194	8
2023-24	115	11	566	8,727	1	262	3
2024-25	77	14	432	9,648	1	258	2
Average	69	14	366	11,077	2	159	28