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University of Puerto Rico - Carolina was awarded 18 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is hospitality management.
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College Factual ranked UPR Carolina as #2,031 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
UPR Carolina is also ranked #10 out of 28 schools in Puerto Rico.
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If you're applying to University of Puerto Rico - Carolina you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 45%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 100% of students accepted to UPR Carolina submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 424 and 539. Math scores were between 398 and 518.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of Puerto Rico - Carolina, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Puerto Rico - Carolina is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Puerto Rico - Carolina has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
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 22% for first-time, full-time students at UPR Carolina, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,580 undergraduates at UPR Carolina with 1,962 being full-time and 618 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 Carolina, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UPR Carolina, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,111 a year. That adds up to $12,444 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UPR Carolina is 10.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for UPR Carolina are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Carretera 887 Bo San Anton, Carolina, PR 00984-4800 |
| Phone: | 787-257-0000 |
| Website: | www.uprc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitality Management | 131 | $24,523 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 125 | $11,399 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 90 | NA |
| Graphic Communications | 66 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 58 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 56 | NA |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 39 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 19 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 12 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 6 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,561 students took at least one online class at University of Puerto Rico - Carolina. This is a decrease from the 1,817 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,561 | 208 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,817 | 212 |
| 2018-2019 | 818 | 76 |
| 2017-2018 | 84 | 36 |
| 2016-2017 | 638 | 25 |
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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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