University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Overview

Located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Mayaguez makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at UPR Mayaguez is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at UPR Mayaguez is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 92% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez?

Contact details for UPR Mayaguez are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	259 Boulevard Alfonso Valdez, Mayaguez, PR 00681
Phone:	787-832-4040
Website:	www.uprm.edu

How Do I Get Into UPR Mayaguez?

You can apply to UPR Mayaguez online at: admisiones.uprm.edu/

Admission Requirements for UPR Mayaguez

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UPR Mayaguez?

UPR Mayaguez has a fairly low acceptance rate of 49%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 54%, and the acceptance rate for women is 46%.

Can I Afford University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UPR Mayaguez, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $3,355 a year. That adds up to $13,420 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UPR Mayaguez is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,246 undergraduate students at UPR Mayaguez, with 10,099 being full-time and 1,147 being part-time.

There are also 880 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,099 full-time undergraduates at UPR Mayaguez, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9,424
White	0
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	669

Geographic Diversity

Puerto Rico students aren't the only ones who study at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

In 2020-2021, 6,717 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UPR Mayaguez has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of UPR Mayaguez

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez was 25.7%. This is the #954 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UPR Mayaguez regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By NitroPR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.