Ponce Health
Sciences University-East
For-profit College in Ponce, PR. Six-year graduation rate 50%.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
80% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 114, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 71% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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50% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 88% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 65 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,190 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $13,582 at $0–30k versus $25,524 at $75–110k. Grant aid is widespread — 95% of students receive it, averaging $14,471. 25% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 27 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $13,582 |
| $30–48k | $16,824 |
| $48–75k | $21,481 |
| $75–110k | $25,524 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 16 of these 65 students, totalling $85,393 — an average of $5,337 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ponce Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026