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Universidad del Este was awarded 87 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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UNE landed the #2,144 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UNE held the #2,155 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UNE also holds the #21 spot on the Best Colleges in Puerto Rico ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Universidad del Este since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Universidad del Este, this rate is 26 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Universidad del Este is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Universidad del Este is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UNE is 2%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Universidad del Este.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,574 undergraduates at UNE with 4,450 being full-time and 2,124 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,237 | $7,280 | $7,667 | $8,045 | $7,092 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UNE, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UNE, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,950 a year. That adds up to $15,800 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UNE is 7.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
See which majors at Universidad del Este make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Universidad del Este.
Contact details for UNE are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Carr. # 190 Esq. Calle 220 Bo. Sabana Abajo, Carolina, PR 00985-0985 |
| Phone: | 787-257-7373 |
| Website: | uagm.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 87 | $25,771 |
| Nursing | 82 | $10,662 |
| Social Work | 65 | $19,761 |
| General Psychology | 63 | $18,761 |
| Allied Health Professions | 54 | $14,683 |
| Culinary Arts | 46 | $23,862 |
| Accounting | 42 | $27,670 |
| Hospitality Management | 38 | $18,576 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 35 | $18,663 |
| Management Information Systems | 25 | $31,856 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 4,188 students took at least one online class at Universidad del Este. This is a decrease from the 7,120 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,188 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,120 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 966 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 586 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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