Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Miami
About
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Miami is a private, non-profit, co-educational institution located in Miami, Florida, with its main campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in September 1966, it is the largest private engineering school in Puerto Rico and focuses on disciplines including Architecture, Engineering, Computer Science, and Business Administration. Its campuses in Miami and Orlando were opened in 2001 and 2003, respectively.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,039 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at PUPR
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
PUPR vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions PUPR selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Miami | 100% | — | 32 | — | Baccalaureate |
American Baptist College | 39% | — | 46 | $19,294 | Baccalaureate |
Arlington Baptist University | 19% | — | 302 | $28,599 | Baccalaureate |
Baptist University of the Americas | 80% | — | 104 | $8,750 | Baccalaureate |
Barclay College | 3% | 51.0% | 219 | $28,827 | Baccalaureate |
Bethesda University | 8% | 66.9% | 263 | $8,388 | Baccalaureate |
Calvary University | 52% | 71.7% | 244 | $12,860 | Baccalaureate |
City Vision University | 0% | — | 296 | $6,709 | Baccalaureate |
Criswell College | 50% | 100.0% | 160 | $12,929 | Baccalaureate |
Crowley's Ridge College | 32% | — | 241 | $17,236 | Baccalaureate |
Dallas Christian College | 27% | 21.8% | 248 | $22,456 | Baccalaureate |
Ecclesia College | 39% | 73.8% | 111 | $24,294 | Baccalaureate |
Great Lakes Christian College | 32% | — | 210 | $18,700 | Baccalaureate |
Hobe Sound Bible College | 58% | — | 152 | $10,888 | Baccalaureate |
Kuyper College | 45% | 69.1% | 161 | $28,458 | Baccalaureate |
Manna University | 0% | 52.7% | 268 | $20,170 | Baccalaureate |
Mid-Atlantic Christian University | 22% | 62.2% | 140 | $25,876 | Baccalaureate |
Ottawa University-Milwaukee | — | — | 116 | — | Baccalaureate |
Pacific Rim Christian University | 36% | 60.0% | 187 | $22,668 | Baccalaureate |
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando | 33% | — | 127 | $20,040 | Baccalaureate |
South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary | 17% | — | 471 | — | Baccalaureate |
Southern California Seminary | 50% | — | 161 | — | Baccalaureate |
Sterling College | 32% | 66.7% | 57 | $30,785 | Baccalaureate |
Trinity College of Florida | 0% | 91.9% | 152 | $21,283 | Baccalaureate |
Trinity International University-Florida | — | — | — | $5,455 | Baccalaureate |
University of Saint Katherine | 43% | 46.3% | — | $33,072 | Baccalaureate |
Warner Pacific University Professional and Graduate Studies | — | 59.3% | 257 | — | Baccalaureate |
Whitworth University-Adult Degree Programs | — | 28.6% | 145 | — | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 33% | 62.2% | 161 | $20,105 |
PUPR Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Miami
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