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University of Puerto Rico-Ponce

2151 Santiago De Los Caballeros Avenue, Ponce, PR 00716-9996
Tel: (787)844-8181
Public | 3,089 students
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The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce is an educative institution Coeducacional, the only unit of the public system in the South region of Puerto Rico, that offers programs of associated degree, baccalaureate and agreed transfer with the necessities and interests of the country. The School is it jeopardize, in its policies and practices, with the search of the truth, the esteem of universal the humanistic and ethical values with special emphasis to the Cultures Puerto Rican and western and the respect to the creative dialogue in the search of the truth.

School Overview:

University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Title IV EligibleParticipat
Carnegie ClassificationBaccalaureate Colleges--General
Institution LevelFour or more years
Institution ControlPublic
Instructional Staff Total
(research/public service staff included)		135 staff115 staff
Student Body
Total Enrollment3,089 students1,633 students
# Full-Time Students		2,900 students1,434 students
# Part-Time Students		189 students137 students
 
% American Indian/Alaskan		-1%
% Asian		-2%
% Hawaiian		-1%
% Hispanic		100%3%
% Black		-6%
% White		-84%
% Two or more races		-2%
 
Finances and Admission
In-State Tuition Fees
(2012-13)		$2,819$24,462
 
Out-State Tuition Fees
(2012-13)		$4,841$24,744
 
Percent Admitted82%64%
SAT Reading (25-75%)436-607450-570
SAT Math (25-75%)485-608460-573

School Notes:

  • The University of Puerto Rico in Ponce establishes the following goals provide to the students the appropriate mechanisms for the development with the skills necessary to listen, to think and to communicate of English and Spanish form oral and written in, To enable to the students for the car-learning and the independent study, To enable to the students for a specific occupation or professional race, To identify the necessity of new academic programs systematically, To provide means so that the students overcome their academic deficiencies.
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