- The Inkwell
- Puerto Rico
- Caribbean University-Ponce
Ponce, PRCity: midsizeZIP 00716
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1997
- Campuses
- 4
- Website
- www.caribbean.edu
Puerto RicoPrivate nonprofit
Caribbean University-Ponce
Caribbean University-Ponce is a private nonprofit university in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with 414 undergraduates. It graduates 35% within six years and costs $11,630 a year after aid.
35%graduate
Retention76%
4-year graduation19%
Pell Grant share70%
Federal loans27%
$11,630net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
35%graduate in 6 years
$27,834median earnings, 10 yrs
$10,500median debt
#1,684 of 1,704 for earnings#273 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,461 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
- $18,839tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $8,844
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $8,844
- Average net price
- $11,630national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000$11,630
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
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 college76%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college35%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college70%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 35%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 19%
- First-year retention
- 76%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 34%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $22,094
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,834middle 50%: $15,732–$41,772
- Median debt at graduation
- $10,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$41,772
Median, Caribbean University-Ponce$27,834
Lower quarter$15,732
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
- 414
- Part-time
- 33%
- Women / men
- 36% / 64%
- Average age at entry
- 22.5
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 70%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 26%
- Average faculty salary
- $2,281 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $1,336
- Endowment, end of year
- $36,356
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
Hispanic100%
8 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering36%
Business & management29%
Health professions11%
Personal & culinary services6.9%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting6.9%
Computer & information sciences4.1%
Education4.1%
Engineering technologies2.7%
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| College | Net price | Grad. | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universidad Central de Bayamon Bayamón, PR | $3,642 | 36% | $27,514 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo Arecibo, PR | $8,875 | 40% | $30,445 |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR | $9,655 | 34% | $30,445 |
| Dewey University-Hato Rey Hato Rey, PR | $3,836 | 62% | $22,263 |
| Universidad Teologica del Caribe Trujillo Alto, PR | $9,045 | — | $20,666 |
| Caribbean University-Vega Baja Vega Baja, PR | $11,643 | 25% | $27,834 |
Same Carnegie class, similar price
| College | Net price | Grad. | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME | $11,167 | 35% | $56,874 |
| Bluefield State University Bluefield, WV | $11,130 | 34% | $45,981 |
| Harris-Stowe State University Saint Louis, MO | $11,182 | 33% | $39,919 |
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, AR | $11,528 | 39% | $40,307 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY | $12,696 | 37% | $51,652 |
| University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle, ME | $10,972 | 39% | $47,161 |
Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 363907.