Admissions & selectivity
University of Puerto Rico Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Puerto Rico?
University of Puerto Rico’s reported acceptance rate is 35.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 35.3%
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 is a public university in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, enrolling 2,851 undergraduates. It admits 35.3% of applicants.
The median admission rate for comparable institutions (same type and size) is 85.9%, so the university is more selective than its peers.
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Puerto Rico students report?
SAT and ACT ranges are not available for University of Puerto Rico 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?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 86.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 8.3%
- First-year retention
- 77.8%
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.
86.9% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants at University of Puerto Rico, a public university enrolling 2,851 undergraduates. An estimated 8.3% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students.
Federal grant recipients form the core of the student body, joined by a smaller group who started at other colleges. Those numbers describe who is enrolled, not how the university weighs files or the chances for any one applicant.
Applicants who are Pell-eligible or transferring should open the cost calculator and the program pages to check grant-adjusted prices and how credits apply.
77.8% of students who start full time in a bachelor's program come back for a second year. That result sits above the median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The first-time full-time cohort graduates at a rate of 37.1% within six years. That outcome is below the median of 49.1% for comparable institutions.
Students who enroll can expect returning for a second year to be typical. Finishing a degree in six years happens less often. These rates describe the first-time full-time cohort.
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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