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University of
Puerto Rico-Aguadilla

Public College in Aguadilla, PR. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $27,997.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$27,997
Median debt at grad
$5,500
Graduation rate
45.7%
Federal loan default
0%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $27,997, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $5,500, a light load against those earnings.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Admissions

Acceptance rate
81%
Applicants
699
Yield rate
94.9%

81% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 699 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 95% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.

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 393–510 540 (100%)
SAT Math 398–513
ACT Composite

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
69%
Transfer-out rate
10%
Student:faculty
19:1

46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$7,945
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
87%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
6%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,851 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $7,945 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,200 at $0–30k against $14,498 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $7,162. Only 6% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.

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.

% receiving grants
94%
Average grant
$6,747

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 484 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 $7,200
$30–48k $7,993
$48–75k $9,454
$75–110k $9,266
$110k+ $14,498

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 115 of these 1,851 students, totalling $435,177 — an average of $3,784 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Aguadilla Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$480/mo
1 bedroom
$482/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$564/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
110
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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