Admissions & selectivity
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina?
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina’s reported acceptance rate is 54.5%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 54.5%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina admits 54.5% of applicants, a rate that sits well below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Puerto Rico-Carolina students report?
Among enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored between 809 and 1,057. These figures describe the twenty-fifth to seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters, not a cutoff for admission.
An applicant can place their own score against the university's 809 to 1,057 range. The range reflects only those who chose to submit scores, so it is one piece of context rather than a full picture of the enrolled class.
The score range is a snapshot of recent submitters, useful alongside the rest of a student's academic record.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 809
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1057
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 76.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 12.2%
- First-year retention
- 71.5%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
The undergraduate body at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina is shaped by broad access. 76.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 12.2% enter as transfers or part-time students, joining 2,404 undergraduates.
That composition describes a public university where most students rely on federal grant aid and a smaller but notable share arrive from other institutions.
Among full-time bachelor's-seeking students who start at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina, 71.5% return for a second year. The six-year graduation rate is 37.3%.
Both figures sit below the medians for comparable institutions, where retention runs at 73.7% and completion at 49.1%. The data show that staying enrolled and finishing on time are not givens here.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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