Colleges / Ponce Health Sciences University-East
College · Private for-profit · Ponce, PR · City
PHS

Ponce Health Sciences University-East

Ponce, PR

AddressUrb Villa Flores Calle Acacia #1213, Ponce, PR 00731-0000
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
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?

1-yr retention86%
Solid.
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.

Colleges / Ponce Health Sciences University-East
College · Private for-profit · Ponce, PR · City
PHS

Ponce Health Sciences University-East

Ponce, PR

AddressUrb Villa Flores Calle Acacia #1213, Ponce, PR 00731-0000
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
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?

1-yr retention86%
Solid.
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.