by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Universidad Metropolitana was awarded 215 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, UMET is ranked #2,101 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UMET held the #2,124 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UMET is also ranked #17 out of 28 schools in Puerto Rico.
If you are worried about getting into Universidad Metropolitana, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Universidad Metropolitana is 26 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 Metropolitana 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 Metropolitana is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 3% for first-time, full-time students at UMET, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,003 undergraduates at UMET with 4,719 being full-time and 2,284 being part-time.
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 UMET, 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 UMET, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $4,191 a year. That adds up to $16,764 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UMET is 5.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UMET are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1399 Ave. Ana G. Mendez, San Juan, PR 00926-2602 |
| Phone: | 787-766-1717 |
| Website: | uagm.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 404 | $15,433 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 115 | $20,485 |
| Business Administration & Management | 95 | $23,094 |
| General Psychology | 77 | $15,664 |
| Social Work | 60 | $16,542 |
| Accounting | 52 | $21,570 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 47 | $16,139 |
| Allied Health Professions | 46 | $18,744 |
| Marketing | 30 | $28,845 |
| Management Information Systems | 30 | $23,418 |
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, 5,355 students took at least one online class at Universidad Metropolitana. This is a decrease from the 8,184 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,355 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 8,184 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Universidad Metropolitana.
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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