College · Private for-profit · Ponce, PR · City
Ponce Health Sciences University-East
Ponce, PR
Admit rate80%
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$15k
Undergrad size131
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $15k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 80% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
131 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 $29k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $15k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$114k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$59k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$55k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $10.5k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $19.3k
- Books & supplies
- $600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants88%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans25%
Share taking out federal student loans.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr50%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 131
- Location
- Ponce, PR
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic98%
- White2%
- Unknown1%
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.