College · Public · San Juan, PR · City
Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$13k
Net price / yr$6k
Undergrad size466
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $6k/yr for a shot at a $13k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
466 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $9k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $6k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$36k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$23k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$14k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $4.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $8.5k
- Books & supplies
- $3,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants78%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr45%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$13k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$22k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out12%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 466
- Location
- San Juan, PR
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- EAPD
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
First-gen students17%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time24%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$20k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.