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?

• Students at UPR Rio Piedras have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at UPR Rio Piedras is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 75% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras?

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

How Do I Get Into UPR Rio Piedras?

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

Admission Requirements for UPR Rio Piedras

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 Rio Piedras?

UPR Rio Piedras has an acceptance rate of 50%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 50%.

Can I Afford University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras?

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 $3,243 a year. That adds up to $12,972 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UPR Rio Piedras is 1.8%. 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 - Rio Piedras Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,207 undergraduate students at UPR Rio Piedras, with 8,928 being full-time and 1,279 being part-time.

There are also 3,019 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,928 full-time undergraduates at UPR Rio Piedras, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	492
Hispanic or Latino	7,611
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	816

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

Online Learning at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

In 2020-2021, 570 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 4th most popular in Puerto Rico for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of UPR Rio Piedras

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras was 14.2%. This is the #1,230 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UPR Rio Piedras 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 Osvaldo Ocasio under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.