Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Business Programs

Located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez is a private not-for-profit institution. Mayaguez is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez?

Contact details for Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	482 Sur Calle Ramon Emerito Betances, Mayaguez, PR 00680-1713
Phone:	787-834-5151
Website:	www.pucpr.edu//mayaguez/

How Do I Get Into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez?

You can apply to Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez online at: https://mayaguez.pucpr.edu/admisiones/solicitud-admisiones/

Admission Requirements for Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez?

With an acceptance rate of 97%, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Can I Afford Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $3,610 a year. That adds up to $14,440 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez is 12.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 902 undergraduate students at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, with 779 being full-time and 123 being part-time.

There are also 94 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 779 full-time undergraduates at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	776
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Online Learning at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

In 2019-2020, 403 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez was 22.1%. This is the #895 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	3	13	0	16
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	4	3	7
Accounting and Business/Management	0	3	0	3
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	2	1	3
Auditing	0	2	0	2
General Business Administration and Management	0	2	0	2
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	1	0	0	1
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	1	0	0	1
Entrepreneurship	0	1	0	1
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0
Other General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	27	4	36

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.