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University of Puerto Rico-Carolina

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina is a public campus in suburban Carolina, PR. The institution reports a hospital in its federal directory record.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income (partial)

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$13,801

family income
under $30k

$14,401

$30–48k

$14,824

$48–75k

$14,999

$75–110k

not reported

over $110k

Only four of the five income brackets were filed for the same year at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina — this isn't a full distribution.

Average net price

$12,9452023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina rose from $7,409 (2008) to $12,945 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$7,409
2009	$6,219
2010	$5,571
2011	$7,139
2012	$6,681
2013	$6,317
2014	$7,087
2015	$7,270
2016	$7,743
2017	$6,185
2018	$8,778
2019	$7,914
2020	$10,890
2021	$13,292
2022	$14,072
2023	$12,945

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$19,3962024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina rose from $10,720 (2009) to $19,396 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$10,720
2010	$11,544
2011	$11,414
2012	$12,117
2013	$11,945
2014	$11,325
2015	$11,912
2016	$12,190
2017	$13,283
2018	$11,894
2019	$14,735
2020	$14,816
2021	$17,869
2022	$19,780
2023	$21,072
2024	$19,396

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2001	$2,747	$3,600
2002	$3,942	$6,192
2003	$2,909	$5,159
2004	$2,885	$5,135
2005	$3,368	$5,120
2006	$2,263	$3,192
2007	$2,518	$3,815
2008	$2,620	$3,958
2013	$3,026	$6,058
2014	$3,026	$6,058
2015	$3,056	$6,088
2016	$3,107	$6,139
2017	$3,158	$6,190
2018	$6,121	$9,053
2019	$6,292	$8,743
2020	$6,252	$6,252
2021	$7,410	$7,410
2022	$7,986	$7,986
2023	$7,986	$7,986

IPEDS Published price 2001–02 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina reports published tuition by residency: $7,986 in-state versus $7,986 out-of-state — a $0 gap that makes state lines part of the decision. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina reports 2,404 undergraduate students. Enrollment is a headcount, not a measure of teaching access.

37.3% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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37.3%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina rose from 22.7% (entered 1995) to 37.3% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	7.4%
1995 cohort	22.7%
1996 cohort	11.7%
1997 cohort	27.8%
1998 cohort	33.7%
1999 cohort	36.8%
2000 cohort	40.3%
2001 cohort	36.4%
2002 cohort	37.1%
2003 cohort	35%
2004 cohort	40.8%
2005 cohort	41%
2006 cohort	37.8%
2007 cohort	33.3%
2008 cohort	36%
2009 cohort	31.3%
2010 cohort	40.5%
2011 cohort	46.4%
2012 cohort	41%
2013 cohort	42.3%
2014 cohort	46%
2015 cohort	48.4%
2016 cohort	38%
2017 cohort	40.2%
2018 cohort	37.3%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$3,900	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$3,800	$3,300
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$3,600	$3,100
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$3,600	$3,132
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$3,800	$3,100
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$4,033	$3,070
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$4,399	$3,200
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$4,747	$3,300
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$5,000	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$5,130	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$5,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$5,500	$4,100
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$5,118	$4,988
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$3,666	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$3,666	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$4,500	$3,666
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	—	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$4,500	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$4,500	$3,666
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$4,792	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$5,417	$3,717
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$5,000	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	—	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$5,500	$4,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$22,317

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$27,204

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$30,626

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina admitted 962 of 1,764 applicants in Fall 2024. The 54.5% rate describes that application pool.

54.5%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $7,986 in-state tuition · 2023–24 2,404 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 809–10571600

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Admissions

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For University of Puerto Rico-Carolina’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 411–538 and Math was 398–519 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 809–1057 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	411	479	538
SAT Math	398	453	519

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, University of Puerto Rico-Carolina received 1,764 applications and admitted 962 (54.5%), with 678 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

54.5%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	21.2%
Fall 2002	27.6%
Fall 2003	26.3%
Fall 2004	51.5%
Fall 2005	26.9%
Fall 2006	22.9%
Fall 2007	34.5%
Fall 2008	33.9%
Fall 2009	75.8%
Fall 2010	67.8%
Fall 2011	92.6%
Fall 2012	85.6%
Fall 2013	80.7%
Fall 2014	78.5%
Fall 2015	26.5%
Fall 2016	26.5%
Fall 2017	31.7%
Fall 2018	31.6%
Fall 2019	38.6%
Fall 2020	42.9%
Fall 2021	44.7%
Fall 2022	55.4%
Fall 2023	52.7%
Fall 2024	54.5%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

809–1057Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2006	956	1168
Fall 2007	947	1162
Fall 2008	929	1157
Fall 2009	938	1162
Fall 2010	951	1168
Fall 2011	928	1181
Fall 2012	917	1134
Fall 2013	924	1133
Fall 2014	904	1122
Fall 2015	891	1113
Fall 2016	917	1139
Fall 2017	912	1130
Fall 2018	903	1114
Fall 2019	884	1096
Fall 2020	873	1088
Fall 2021	822	1057
Fall 2022	825	1043
Fall 2023	785	1019
Fall 2024	809	1057

IPEDS Fall 2006–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

2,404Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina fell from 5,472 (Fall 2002) to 2,404 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	5,472
Fall 2003	4,232
Fall 2004	3,971
Fall 2005	3,832
Fall 2006	3,937
Fall 2007	4,236
Fall 2008	4,176
Fall 2009	4,292
Fall 2010	3,910
Fall 2011	3,445
Fall 2012	3,682
Fall 2013	3,880
Fall 2014	3,721
Fall 2015	3,669
Fall 2016	3,819
Fall 2017	3,532
Fall 2018	3,262
Fall 2019	2,941
Fall 2020	2,488
Fall 2021	2,281
Fall 2022	2,197
Fall 2023	2,367
Fall 2024	2,404

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

71%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 86% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 71%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	78%
Fall 2004 cohort	80%
Fall 2005 cohort	75%
Fall 2006 cohort	86%
Fall 2007 cohort	78%
Fall 2008 cohort	82%
Fall 2009 cohort	76%
Fall 2010 cohort	79%
Fall 2011 cohort	83%
Fall 2012 cohort	84%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	75%
Fall 2015 cohort	76%
Fall 2016 cohort	73%
Fall 2017 cohort	79%
Fall 2018 cohort	70%
Fall 2019 cohort	82%
Fall 2020 cohort	76%
Fall 2021 cohort	72%
Fall 2022 cohort	76%
Fall 2023 cohort	71%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about University of Puerto Rico-Carolina

Faculty pay at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina averages $90,468 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes University of Puerto Rico-Carolina as a primarily nonresidential campus — most of its 2,404 undergraduates live off campus, and 71.5% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina's SAT section-percentile sums are 809–1057 — their midpoint is near the PR four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on University of Puerto Rico-Carolina's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How University of Puerto Rico-Carolina compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina54.5%

Puerto Rico median57.3%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina$7,986

Puerto Rico median$6,347

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina$30,626

Puerto Rico median$25,416

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina, Puerto Rico and national reference values
Metric & basis	University of Puerto Rico-Carolina	Puerto Rico median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	54.5%	57.3%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$7,986	$6,347	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$30,626	$25,416	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For University of Puerto Rico-Carolina, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 6 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Hospitality Administration/Management	$36,742
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$32,928
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$26,214
Finance and Financial Management Services	$22,039
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$21,492
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$18,739

These 6 fields listed for University of Puerto Rico-Carolina measure earnings after completion. The $30,626 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 6 additional University of Puerto Rico-Carolina fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does University of Puerto Rico-Carolina report?

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 809–1057 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is University of Puerto Rico-Carolina's acceptance rate?

54.5% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 962 admitted from 1,764 applicants.

How much does University of Puerto Rico-Carolina cost?

In-state tuition is $7,986; out-of-state students pay $7,986. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does University of Puerto Rico-Carolina report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $30,626. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico at Cayey — 53% admitted
University of Puerto Rico — 35.3% admitted
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo — 59.2% admitted
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao — 54.8% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.