University of
Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Public College in Arecibo, PR. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $30,512.
Students who entered University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo reach a median of $30,512 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 54%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $4,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.15 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 59% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool is small at 1,416, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 77% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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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54% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,783 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,356 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,332 at $0–30k, $12,960 at $75–110k. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $6,732, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 3% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 688 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 | $10,332 |
| $30–48k | $11,033 |
| $48–75k | $12,065 |
| $75–110k | $12,960 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 93 of these 2,783 students, totalling $434,375 — an average of $4,671 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Arecibo Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)