- The Inkwell
- Puerto Rico
- Atlantic University
Guaynabo, PRCity: smallZIP 00970Founded 1983
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1983
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1987
- Website
- www.atlanticu.edu
Puerto RicoPrivate nonprofit
Atlantic University
Atlantic University is a private nonprofit university in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, with 1,451 undergraduates. It graduates 54% within six years and costs $6,021 a year after aid.
54%graduate
Retention82%
4-year graduation17%
Pell Grant share69%
Federal loans12%
$6,021net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
54%graduate in 6 years
$27,588median earnings, 10 yrs
$5,500median debt
#1,687 of 1,704 for earnings#54 of 1,739 for lowest net price#889 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $12,775tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,928
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $8,928
- Average net price
- $6,021national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$5,845
$30,001–48,000$6,111
$48,001–75,000$6,166
$75,001–110,000$9,018
$110,001+$7,271
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college82%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college54%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college69%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 54%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 17%
- First-year retention
- 82%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 36%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $20,446
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,588middle 50%: $16,711–$41,006
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$41,006
Median, Atlantic University$27,588
Lower quarter$16,711
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,451
- Part-time
- 22%
- Women / men
- 41% / 59%
- Average age at entry
- 21.0
- First-generation students
- 15%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 23 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 98%
- Average faculty salary
- $2,891 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $2,467
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
Hispanic100%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Computer & information sciences75%
Communications technologies14%
Visual & performing arts12%
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|---|---|---|---|
| Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo Fajardo, PR | $9,597 | 44% | $28,660 |
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| Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR | $10,910 | 40% | $28,947 |
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN | $5,707 | 46% | $52,440 |
| California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA | $8,534 | 55% | $66,328 |
| Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV | $7,940 | 50% | $54,833 |
| Heritage University Toppenish, WA | $10,747 | 57% | $58,279 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 241216. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q573894.