- The Inkwell
- Puerto Rico
- Universidad Central de Bayamon
Bayamón, PRCity: midsizeZIP 00960Founded 1961
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1961
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- ucb.edu.pr
Puerto RicoReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Universidad Central de Bayamon
Universidad Central de Bayamon is a private nonprofit college in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, with 539 undergraduates. It admits 66% of applicants, graduates 36% within six years and costs $3,642 a year after aid.
36%graduate
Admission rate66%
Retention80%
4-year graduation14%
Pell Grant share79%
Federal loans16%
$3,642net price / year
66%admission rate
—average SAT
36%graduate in 6 years
$27,514median earnings, 10 yrs
$8,500median debt
#1,688 of 1,704 for earnings#24 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,443 of 1,738 for graduation rate#475 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $12,982tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $6,370
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $6,370
- Average net price
- $3,642national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$3,523
$30,001–48,000$4,229
$48,001–75,000$3,333
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 66%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college66%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college80%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college36%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college79%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 36%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 14%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 40%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,409
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $27,514middle 50%: $17,858–$40,863
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$40,863
Median, Universidad Central de Bayamon$27,514
Lower quarter$17,858
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
- 539
- Part-time
- 23%
- Women / men
- 66% / 34%
- Average age at entry
- 22.4
- First-generation students
- 31%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 79%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $2,861 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $4,459
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,537,643
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
Hispanic99%
U.S. nonresident0.9%
9 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management18%
Health professions17%
Education16%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies16%
Psychology14%
Public administration & social service9.9%
Biological & biomedical sciences6.9%
English language & literature2.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 241225. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4570883.