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University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Overview

Located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Known For?

1,492 Undergraduate Awards
52% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at UPR Rio Piedras is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period72% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras?

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Contact details for UPR Rio Piedras are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 39 Avenida Ponce De Leon, San Juan, PR 00931-0000
Phone: 787-764-0000
Website: www.uprrp.edu

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How Do I Get Into UPR Rio Piedras?

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

Admission Requirements for UPR Rio Piedras

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 Rio Piedras?

52% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 52%, UPR Rio Piedras 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 37% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 53%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.

Can I Afford University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras?

1% Take Out Loans

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UPR Rio Piedras, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,532 a year. That adds up to $14,128 over four years for those students.

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University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Undergraduate Student Diversity

9,543 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
91% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 10,877 undergraduate students at UPR Rio Piedras, with 9,543 being full-time and 1,334 being part-time.

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There are also 3,015 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,543 full-time undergraduates at UPR Rio Piedras, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3
Black or African American 463
Hispanic or Latino 8,085
White 20
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 972

Over 38 countries are represented at UPR Rio Piedras. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Colombia, Spain, and Dominican Republic.

University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Biology 231 0 4 8 243
General Psychology 127 0 0 15 142
Law 0 0 0 137 137
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 98 0 20 0 118
Accounting 83 0 0 0 83
Social Work 45 0 32 6 83
Marketing 65 0 0 0 65
Political Science & Government 59 0 0 0 59
Teacher Education Subject Specific 53 0 0 0 53
General Business/Commerce 9 0 43 0 52
Finance & Financial Management 48 0 0 2 50
Human Resource Management 50 0 0 0 50
Chemistry 38 0 0 11 49
Teacher Education Grade Specific 24 0 24 0 48
Environmental Design 47 0 0 0 47
Natural Sciences 45 0 0 0 45
Public Relations & Advertising 44 0 0 0 44
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 40 0 0 0 40
Special Education 29 0 7 0 36
Teaching English or French 15 0 14 1 30
General Architecture 0 0 29 0 29
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 17 12 29
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 28 0 28
Journalism 20 0 8 0 28
Drama & Theater Arts 28 0 0 0 28
Computer Science 27 0 0 0 27
Natural Resources Conservation 17 0 5 4 26
Fine & Studio Arts 25 0 0 0 25
Business Administration & Management 23 0 0 0 23
Information Science 0 0 23 0 23
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 23 0 23
History 11 0 6 5 22
Public Administration 0 0 22 0 22
Economics 17 0 4 0 21
Educational Administration 0 0 13 6 19
Anthropology 19 0 0 0 19
Management Information Systems 17 0 0 0 17
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 17 0 0 0 17
Business/Managerial Economics 16 0 0 0 16
Liberal Arts General Studies 16 0 0 0 16
Romance Languages 6 0 0 9 15
Other Education 14 0 0 0 14
Sociology 12 0 1 0 13
General English Literature 2 0 6 3 11
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 11 0 11
Geography & Cartography 10 0 0 0 10
Music 10 0 0 0 10
English Literature (Other) 9 0 0 0 9
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 9 0 9
Arts & Media Management 0 0 9 0 9
Mathematics 4 0 3 0 7
General Social Sciences 7 0 0 0 7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 6 0 0 0 6
Library & Information Science 0 5 0 0 5
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 4 0 0 0 4
Legal Research 0 0 4 0 4
Student Counseling 0 0 1 2 3
Physics 3 0 0 0 3
Philosophy 1 0 1 0 2
Other Social Sciences 0 0 2 0 2
Entrepreneurial Studies 1 0 0 0 1
International Business 0 0 0 1 1
Educational Assessment 0 0 1 0 1
Health & Physical Education 0 0 1 0 1
TOTAL 1,492 5 371 222 2,090

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.

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