University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Business Programs

Located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras is a public institution. San Juan is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UPR Rio Piedras.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value International Business Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#112	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UPR Rio Piedras has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations	College Factual
#49	Best Value Colleges for Human Resource Management	College Factual
#63	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#90	Best Value Colleges for Finance & Financial Management	College Factual
#106	Best Value Colleges for Marketing	College Factual
#127	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras?

Contact details for UPR Rio Piedras are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	39 Avenida Ponce De Leon, San Juan, PR 00931-0000
Phone:	787-764-0000
Website:	www.uprrp.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/uprrp
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/uprrp

How Do I Get Into UPR Rio Piedras?

You can apply to UPR Rio Piedras online at: estudiantes.upr.edu/admisiones/

Admission Requirements for UPR Rio Piedras

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	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UPR Rio Piedras?

UPR Rio Piedras has a fairly low acceptance rate of 49%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 48%.

Can I Afford University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UPR Rio Piedras, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $1,805 a year. That adds up to $7,220 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UPR Rio Piedras is 5.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,877 undergraduate students at UPR Rio Piedras, with 9,543 being full-time and 1,334 being part-time.

There are also 3,015 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,543 full-time undergraduates at UPR Rio Piedras, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	463
Hispanic or Latino	8,085
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	972

Over 38 countries are represented at UPR Rio Piedras. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Colombia, Spain, and Dominican Republic.

Online Learning at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

In 2019-2020, 376 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UPR Rio Piedras has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of UPR Rio Piedras

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras was 14.2%. This is the #1,088 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UPR Rio Piedras 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%.

University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Accounting	128	0	128
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	101	0	101
Finance	64	0	64
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	48	0	48
Public Relations	45	0	45
General Business/Commerce	8	24	32
General Management Information Systems	26	0	26
Labor & Industrial Relations	25	0	25
General Economics	16	8	24
Operations Management	15	0	15
Office Administration	14	0	14
Business Economics	7	0	7
Business Statistics	3	0	3
TOTAL	500	32	532

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
• Image Credit: By Osvaldo Ocasio under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.