by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon was awarded 54 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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UPR Bayamon is ranked #1,835 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UPR Bayamon held the #2,070 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 28 colleges in Puerto Rico, UPR Bayamon is ranked at #5.
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University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon has an acceptance rate of 79%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
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 University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon is 77%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 77% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
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 UPR Bayamon is 10%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,592 undergraduates at UPR Bayamon with 3,159 being full-time and 433 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 UPR Bayamon, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UPR Bayamon, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $2,094 a year. That adds up to $8,376 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UPR Bayamon is 7.3%. 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.
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Get more details about the location of University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon.
Contact details for UPR Bayamon are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Road 174 #170 Minillas Industrial Park, Bayamon, PR 00959 |
| Phone: | 787-993-0000 |
| Website: | www.uprb.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 75 | NA |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 65 | $13,898 |
| Business Administration & Management | 65 | $29,178 |
| Accounting | 47 | $10,688 |
| Special Education | 44 | $12,026 |
| Marketing | 32 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 31 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 30 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 17 | $13,736 |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 17 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 3,326 students took at least one online class at University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon. This is a decrease from the 3,592 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,326 | 1,486 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,592 | 3,592 |
| 2018-2019 | 853 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 647 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 438 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon.
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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