University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Overview

Located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is a public institution. The location of UPR Ponce is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Known For?

• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at UPR Ponce.
• During a recent academic cycle, 55% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of Puerto Rico - Ponce?

Contact details for UPR Ponce are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2151 Santiago De Los Caballeros Avenue, Ponce, PR 00716-9996
Phone:	787-844-8181
Website:	www.uprp.edu

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How Do I Get Into UPR Ponce?

You can apply to UPR Ponce online at: https://admisiones.upr.edu/

Admission Requirements for UPR Ponce

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into UPR Ponce?

With an acceptance rate of 54%, UPR Ponce does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 45%.

Can I Afford University of Puerto Rico - Ponce?

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 Ponce, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,063 a year. That adds up to $12,252 over four years for those students.

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University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,382 undergraduate students at UPR Ponce, with 2,211 being full-time and 171 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,211 full-time undergraduates at UPR Ponce, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2,211
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other)	0	47	47
Other Psychology	0	44	44
Allied Health Professions	0	29	29
Accounting	0	26	26
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	25	25
General Biology	0	18	18
Marketing	0	17	17
Computer Information Systems	0	17	17
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	13	0	13
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	12	12
Business Administration & Management	0	11	11
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	10	10
Civil Engineering Technology	7	0	7
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	6	0	6
Finance & Financial Management	0	4	4
Industrial Production Technology	3	0	3
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	2	2
TOTAL	29	262	291

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 Roca Ruiz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.