Outlying AreasSuburbanPrivate4-yearBiological

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Arecibo, PR273 students
Acceptance Rate
85%
less selective
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$9.4k
Sticker $6.2k
Graduation Rate
39%
6-year, full-time

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo is a private institution in Arecibo, PR with an acceptance rate of 85% and 273 students. The average net price after financial aid is $9,421 per year.

About Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo

A private 4-year suburban university in Arecibo, PR.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo is a college in Arecibo, PR. It enrolls roughly 273 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 85%.

Outlying AreasSuburbanPrivate4-yearBiological
Acceptance Rate
85%
Less Selective
Total Enrollment
273
Small
Retention
82%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
39%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
85%
85 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
—

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $6,238
Average net price after aid
$9,421
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$8,370
$30,001 – $48,000
$10,504
$48,001 – $75,000
$11,663
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
N/A

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
76%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
33%
Avg loan $11,337 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
—
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Biological
37% of degrees awarded
Retention
82%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • Hispanic100%

Gender

  • Female58%
  • Male42%
International
0%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
273

Outcomes after graduation

What Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$24.9k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
39%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$24.9k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$11.3k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$9.4k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$25k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 39% graduation rate is below the national average.

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