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Total Enrollment 169,397
Undergraduate 144,486
Graduate 24,911
Men 68,256
Women 101,141

Student Population at Puerto Rico Colleges

At Puerto Rico colleges, there are 169,397 students including 144,486 undergraduate and 24,911 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2023-2024. By attending status, there are 130,506 full-time and 38,891 part-time students.By gender, 40.29% male and 59.71% female students enrolled in Puerto Rico colleges in the academic year 2023-2024.
Student Population By Gender
Puerto Rico Colleges and Universities
TotalMaleFemale
Total by Gender169,39768,256101,141
Undergraduate144,48659,93884,548
Graduate24,9118,31816,593
By Attending Status
Full-time130,50652,83077,676
Part-time38,89115,42623,465
[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Puerto Rico Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Puerto Rico colleges have a total of 130,506 full-time students and 38,891 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 112,329 students are attending classes with full-time status and 32,157 are part-time students. In graduate school, 18,177 students are full-time and 6,734 students are attending schools with part-time status.
Student Population By Attendance Status
Puerto Rico Colleges and Universities
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total169,397130,50638,891
Undergraduate144,486112,32932,157
Graduate24,91118,1776,734
[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Puerto Rico Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Puerto Rico colleges, 17,260 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 76,062 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 169,397 students. In undergraduate schools, 82,530 students enrolled in online courses and 10,792 students took at least one online graduate course.
Distance Learning Enrollment (2023-2024)
Puerto Rico Colleges and Universities
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total Students169,397144,48624,911
Online Exclusively17,26014,4562,804
In Some Online Classes76,06268,0747,988
Not In Online Classes76,07561,95614,119
[Chart] Puerto Rico Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Puerto Rico colleges. There are 1,152 Caucasian, 1,964 Black/African American, 126 Asian, and 161,764 Hispanic students in Puerto Rico colleges.
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Puerto Rico Colleges
TotalMenWomen
Total169,39768,256101,141
American Indian/Native American29199192
Asian1265472
Black/African American1,9646851,279
Hispanic161,76465,13096,634
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader321220
White1,152471681
Two More17164107
Un-Known3,5941,5692,025
[Chart] Puerto Rico Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution