Outlying AreasUrbanPrivate4-yearEngineering

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

San Juan, PR3,594 students
Acceptance Rate
89%
open admission
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$16.5k
Sticker $7.7k
Graduation Rate
24%
6-year, full-time

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a private institution in San Juan, PR with an acceptance rate of 89% and 3,594 students. The average net price after financial aid is $16,534 per year.

About Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico

A private 4-year urban university in San Juan, PR.

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico campus
Campus · San Juan

Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico is a college in San Juan, PR. It enrolls roughly 3,594 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 89%.

Outlying AreasUrbanPrivate4-yearEngineering
Acceptance Rate
89%
Open Admission
Total Enrollment
3,594
Medium
Retention
78%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
24%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
89%
89 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
3.55
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 3.55 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. 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 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
—
ACT
composite, 36 scale
—
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
3.293.91
3.55
average

Application requirements

  • SAT/ACT required

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $7,740
Average net price after aid
$16,534
81% of students receive financial aid

Net price by family income

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

$0 – $30,000
$15,277
$30,001 – $48,000
$16,276
$48,001 – $75,000
$18,513
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$21,701

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

Pell Grant Recipients
62%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
34%
Avg loan $12,830 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
18:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Engineering
74% of degrees awarded
Retention
78%
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 Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White7%
  • Asian2%
  • Hispanic80%
  • Black11%

Gender

  • Female29%
  • Male71%
International
0%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
3,594

Outcomes after graduation

What Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$47.5k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
24%
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
$47.5k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$12.8k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$16.5k/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

$48k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 24% graduation rate is below the national average.

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