POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO A-13

377 Ponce de Leon Ave.
Hato Rey, PR 00919
Tel: (787)754-8000; Admissions: (787)754-8000; Web Site: http://www.pupr.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 10-acre urban campus with easy access to San Juan. Endowment: $12.9 million. Research spending 2002-03: $116,832. Educational spending 2002-03: $1624 per student. Total enrollment: 5,702. Faculty: 404 (220 full-time, 184 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 970 applied, 92% were admitted. 36 valedictorians. Full-time: 2,650 students, 25% women, 75% men. Part-time: 2,421 students, 20% women, 80% men. 0% from out-of-commonwealth, 0% Native American, 100% Hispanic, 0% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 14% 25 or older, 8% transferred in. Retention: 70% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering/engineering technologies; business/marketing; architecture. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, part-time degree program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Required for some: SAT I. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/15.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $30. Tuition: $5040 full-time, $130 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $330 full-time, $110 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment: Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 22 open to all; 10% of eligible men and 10% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Society of Women Engineers, American Civil Engineering - Student Chapter, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, Capitulo Estuadiantil Ingenieros Electricos. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. Main library plus 1 other with 81,899 books, 2,025 serials, 1,728 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $1.1 million. 375 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.