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University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

San Juan, PR · Public · Large city · Carnegie R1/R2 · UPRRP

Public institution in San Juan, PR · 8,748 undergraduates · 53% acceptance rate · $35,723 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$6,507150th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$5,324169th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$5,32438th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$13,33793rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$5,50013th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,7231,762nd highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$22,4171,890th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
52.5%1,054th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
79.9%679th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
53.2%305th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
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Median ACT
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Campus

Undergraduates
8,748293rd largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
12.0:1782nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
64.8%169th highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 1,044 mi (MIA)

On 2 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 55 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCommunicationsbachelors$33,281$18,498
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign LanguageEducationbachelors$26,896$15,922
Social WorkPublic Administrationbachelors$25,194$14,935
Psychology, GeneralPsychologybachelors$19,592$18,498
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasEducationbachelors$19,592$16,957
Accounting and Related ServicesBusinessbachelors$16,992$15,721
Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Artsbachelors$16,169$9,375
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducationbachelors$16,169—
AnthropologySocial Sciencesbachelors——
Biology, GeneralBiological Sciencesbachelors—$11,851
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusinessbachelors——
Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesBusinessbachelors——

Campus facts

Athletics — 12 sports

NCAA Division II without football · NCAA Division II

Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $436,600 (M $215,400 · W $221,200)

Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras’s 8,748 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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Elsewhere