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# University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras?

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras’s reported acceptance rate is 54.6%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
54.6%

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

The University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras admits 54.6% of applicants, well below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras?

**Pell Grant recipients**
66.5%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
10.0%

**First-year retention**
77.2%

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.

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras enrolls 8,572 undergraduates, and the student body is shaped by two entry points. Most students begin as first-time freshmen, while an estimated 10.0% arrive after starting coursework elsewhere.

66.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a share that places the university in the 98th percentile for access among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Of full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, 77.2% return for a second year. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 50.3%.

Both figures run ahead of the peer medians: 73.7% for retention and 49.1% for completion at comparable institutions. Pell recipients in the same cohort complete at 48.1%, 2.2 percentage points below the overall rate.

Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion that exceed the peer medians, with Pell recipients finishing at a rate close to the cohort as a whole.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).