College · Private nonprofit · Arecibo, PR · Suburb
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$21k
Net price / yr$11k
Undergrad size273
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $11k/yr for a shot at a $21k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
273 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $11k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$75k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$44k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$30k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $6.5k
- Books & supplies
- $3,624
How students pay for it.
Pell grants69%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans28%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$16k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$21k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$25k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 273
- Location
- Arecibo, PR
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time16%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$11k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 18
What you can study.