How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez admits 56.5% of applicants, making it one of the more accessible engineering-focused public universities in the Azimuth coverage set. Among enrolled undergraduates, 64.9% receive Pell Grants and 17.0% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the university's deep roots in serving families for whom higher education represents a meaningful generational step. Transfer enrollment accounts for 5.4% of the student body. Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez #29 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The graduation rate tells a story of persistence: 49.1% of students complete within six years, and 60.3% of Pell-eligible students do the same — a completion gap that reflects both the challenges and the support structures students navigate at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Freshman retention stands at 87.0%. Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez #255 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale describes, the mobility ranking captures both who gains access and how well those students convert enrollment into durable economic progress — a combination that University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez's engineering-centered program mix is well positioned to support for students from Pell-eligible and first-generation backgrounds.
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez admits 56.5% of applicants, making it one of the more accessible engineering-focused public universities in the Azimuth coverage set. Among enrolled undergraduates, 64.9% receive Pell Grants and 17.0% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the university's deep roots in serving families for whom higher education represents a meaningful generational step. Transfer enrollment accounts for 5.4% of the student body. Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez #29 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The graduation rate tells a story of persistence: 49.1% of students complete within six years, and 60.3% of Pell-eligible students do the same — a completion gap that reflects both the challenges and the support structures students navigate at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Freshman retention stands at 87.0%. Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez #255 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale describes, the mobility ranking captures both who gains access and how well those students convert enrollment into durable economic progress — a combination that University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez's engineering-centered program mix is well positioned to support for students from Pell-eligible and first-generation backgrounds.
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez admits 56.5% of applicants, making it one of the more accessible engineering-focused public universities in the Azimuth coverage set. Among enrolled undergraduates, 64.9% receive Pell Grants and 17.0% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the university's deep roots in serving families for whom higher education represents a meaningful generational step. Transfer enrollment accounts for 5.4% of the student body. Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez #29 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The graduation rate tells a story of persistence: 49.1% of students complete within six years, and 60.3% of Pell-eligible students do the same — a completion gap that reflects both the challenges and the support structures students navigate at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez. Freshman retention stands at 87.0%. Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez #255 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale describes, the mobility ranking captures both who gains access and how well those students convert enrollment into durable economic progress — a combination that University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez's engineering-centered program mix is well positioned to support for students from Pell-eligible and first-generation backgrounds.
