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University of Puerto Rico-Humacao

Humacao, Puerto Rico·Public, 4-year or above·Outlying Areas·upr.edu/humacao
6-yr Graduation
47%
+0.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
2,577
peer median 2,577
Avg net price
$13,487
+$2.8k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
1,323
1,323 candidates competed
Admitted
725
54.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
624
86.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
47%+0.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
10%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
46%
Full-time retention
81%

Pell equity

48.0pp gap
Pell recipients
48%
Non-Pell
0%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 42 Title IV programs, 16 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 26 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
42
Passing
16
38.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

42programs
  • Passing16 · 38.1%
  • No Data26 · 61.9%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
15
No data
26

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

16
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+9.0%
$17,418 vs $15,979
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+41.4%
$22,593 vs $15,979
Radio Television and Digital Communication
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+52.2%
$24,322 vs $15,979
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+75.3%
$28,005 vs $15,979
Human Resources Management and Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+75.4%
$28,024 vs $15,979
Education Other
Bachelor Degree · Education
+77.7%
$28,399 vs $15,979
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+85.5%
$29,644 vs $15,979
Ecology Evolution Systematics and Population Biology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+96.4%
$31,382 vs $15,979

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
19%
$5,500 debt · $29,644 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
16%
$5,500 debt · $33,999 earn
Radio Television and Digital Communication
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
15%
$3,750 debt · $24,322 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
15%
$5,500 debt · $35,613 earn
International Business
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
15%
$5,500 debt · $38,062 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
13%
$5,000 debt · $38,201 earn
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
11%
$5,050 debt · $45,816 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1962Next review Jan 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 6

Action history · 13

  1. Oct 2022Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Denial
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  2. Jun 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  3. Nov 2021Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  4. Apr 2021Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  5. Jan 2021Approved for Distance Education
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$12,801
$30–48k$13,940
$48–75k$15,920
$75–110k$17,922
$110k+

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$13,487
+$2,779vs Baccalaureate median $10,708
Federal loans
3.2%
In-state tuition
$5,364
Out-of-state
$5,364

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 2,247 students received $15.1M in Pell grants, alongside $328K in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,247
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$15.1M
$15,091,573 total
Direct Loans
$328K
80 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
20
2k
21
2k
22
2k
23
2k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$289K
67 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$40K
13 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 145 borrowers who entered repayment, 6 (4.1%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.1%
+1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
145
Defaulted
6
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
7.5%
2017
11.0%
2018
6.4%
2019
4.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at UPR

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs24
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

385 total completions
01Biological Sciences
10527.3%
02Business
8421.8%
03Health Professions
7820.3%
04Communication
348.8%
05Public Admin
256.5%
06Physical Sciences
215.5%
07Education
164.2%
08Social Sciences
92.3%
09Science Technologies
71.8%
10Natural Resources
61.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
2,577
12-mo unduplicated
2,920
Undergraduate
2,920
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
33%955
Women
67%1,965

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
87.4%
Unknown
8.1%
Black
3.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
115
55 M · 60 W
Women athletes
52.2%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$168K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$3K
$3K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Basketball
11 M · 11 W
$13K
Baseball
22 M ·
$13K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
11 M · 6 W
$29K
Softball
· 17 W
$10K
Volleyball
· 14 W
$7K
Swimming
3 M · 7 W
$21K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.28
6 offenses · 2,634 students

3-year trend

0.972 yrs ago0.001 yr ago2.28Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
9
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Robbery
4
Burglary
2

By location

6total
  • On campus2
  • Non-campus4

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
143

UPR vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions UPR selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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.

Carnegie
SubjectUniversity of Puerto Rico-Humacao
47%2,577$13,487Baccalaureate
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
53%59.2%2,704$11,759Baccalaureate
University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon
27%35.3%2,851$9,657Baccalaureate
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina
38%54.5%2,576$14,072Baccalaureate
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
48%52.5%2,373$7,455Baccalaureate
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
46%81.4%1,928$8,142Baccalaureate
Peer group median47%54.5%2,577$10,708

Frequently asked questions about University of Puerto Rico-Humacao

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UPR.

What is the graduation rate at University of Puerto Rico-Humacao?

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao reports a 6-year graduation rate of 47% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend University of Puerto Rico-Humacao?

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao reports a total enrollment of 2,577 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at University of Puerto Rico-Humacao?

The average net price at University of Puerto Rico-Humacao is $13,487 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at University of Puerto Rico-Humacao?

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao's yield rate is 86.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of Puerto Rico-Humacao located?

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao is located in Humacao, Puerto Rico 00792.

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