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University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

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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?

0 Undergraduate Awards
49% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at UPR Ponce have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 5%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at UPR Ponce.
  • In <nil>, 56% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of Puerto Rico - Ponce?

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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

How Do I Get Into UPR Ponce?

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

Admission Requirements for UPR Ponce

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 Ponce?

49% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to UPR Ponce. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 49%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

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

Can I Afford University of Puerto Rico - Ponce?

2% Take Out Loans
4.7% Loan Default Rate

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 2% of students took out student loans averaging $3,125 a year. That adds up to $12,500 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UPR Ponce is 4.7%. 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 - Ponce Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,062 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,262 undergraduate students at UPR Ponce, with 2,062 being full-time and 200 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 2,062 full-time undergraduates at UPR Ponce, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2,062
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Online Learning at University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

0 Took All Classes Online
2,262 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2020-2021, 2,262 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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