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University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico·Public, 4-year or above·Outlying Areas·uprm.edu
6-yr Graduation
49%
+9.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
10,618
peer median 7,954
Avg net price
$12,684
-$264 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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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
4,446
4,446 candidates competed
Admitted
2,513
56.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,775
70.6% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
49%+9.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
7%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
49%
Full-time retention
87%

Pell equity

13.0pp gap
Pell recipients
46%
Non-Pell
59%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

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

Of 97 Title IV programs, 32 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 65 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
97
Passing
32
33.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

97programs
  • Passing32 · 33.0%
  • No Data65 · 67.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
31
No data
65

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.

32
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+6.3%
$16,981 vs $15,979
Social Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+31.1%
$20,952 vs $15,979
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+67.1%
$26,696 vs $15,979
Plant Sciences
Bachelor Degree · Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences
+89.3%
$30,252 vs $15,979
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+90.1%
$30,372 vs $15,979
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+91.1%
$30,542 vs $15,979
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
+100.9%
$32,097 vs $15,979
Human Resources Management and Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+107.2%
$33,109 vs $15,979

Debt vs earnings

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

27
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
39%
$10,500 debt · $26,696 earn
Social Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
35%
$7,250 debt · $20,952 earn
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
33%
$10,000 debt · $30,542 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
32%
$5,500 debt · $16,981 earn
Marketing
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
28%
$11,000 debt · $39,386 earn
Agricultural Mechanization
Bachelor Degree · Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences
27%
$11,000 debt · $40,931 earn
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
Bachelor Degree · Physical Sciences
25%
$9,600 debt · $37,839 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
25%
$8,000 debt · $32,097 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1946Next review Jan 2033

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 6

  1. Jun 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
  3. Jan 2021Approved for Distance Education
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Jun 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  5. Jan 2019Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause
    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$10,257
$30–48k$14,659
$48–75k$15,527
$75–110k$16,110
$110k+$16,166

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

Avg net price
$12,684
-$264vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $12,948
Federal loans
8.8%
In-state tuition
$5,274
Out-of-state
$5,274

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 6,650 students received $42.2M in Pell grants, alongside $4.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
6,650
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$42.2M
$42,151,862 total
Direct Loans
$4.8M
934 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

8k
20
7k
21
7k
22
6k
23
7k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.3M
712 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$422K
103 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$1.1M
117 loan awards
Parent PLUS$22K
2 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 898 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (1.3%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.3%
-1.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
898
Defaulted
12
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.5%
2017
5.3%
2018
4.4%
2019
1.3%
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 UPRM

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs68
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,625 total completions
01Engineering
64439.6%
02Biological Sciences
25615.8%
03Agriculture
22013.5%
04Business
1418.7%
05Physical Sciences
965.9%
06Psychology
855.2%
07Health Professions
704.3%
08Social Sciences
432.6%
09Education
422.6%
10Computer Sciences
281.7%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
10,618
12-mo unduplicated
11,239
Undergraduate
10,273
Graduate
966

Gender split

Men
55%6,132
Women
45%5,107

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
93.5%
Unknown
6.4%
Non-resident
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
272
152 M · 120 W
Women athletes
44.1%
Athletic aid
$781K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.4M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$408K
$373K
Recruiting expense
$300
$300
Head-coach salaries
$5K
$4K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Track and Field (Outdoor)
33 M · 22 W
$271K
Soccer
22 M · 22 W
$112K
Basketball
15 M · 15 W
$227K
Volleyball
15 M · 15 W
$122K
Swimming
14 M · 10 W
$128K
Baseball
22 M ·
$86K

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
0.18
2 offenses · 11,062 students

3-year trend

0.622 yrs ago0.251 yr ago0.18Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
13
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
16
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Aggravated assault
2

By location

2total
  • On campus1
  • Public property1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
5
Stalking
5 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.

Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
19.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
459

UPRM vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions UPRM 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-Mayaguez
49%10,618$12,684Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Guam
37%2,896$9,424Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
65%82.3%10,049$16,948Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Thomas Edison State University
7,544Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Colorado State University Pueblo
40%94.9%6,851$12,948Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Middle Georgia State University
24%99.7%8,363$13,922Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median40%94.9%7,954$12,948

Frequently asked questions about University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UPRM.

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

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez reports a 6-year graduation rate of 49% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez?

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez reports a total enrollment of 10,618 students per the latest IPEDS.

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

The average net price at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is $12,684 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-Mayaguez?

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez's yield rate is 70.6%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez located?

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez is located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681.

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