UNIVERSIDAD METROPOLITANA B-13

Call Box 21150
Rio Piedras, PR 00928-1150
Tel: (787)766-1717; 800-747-8362; Admissions: (787)766-1717; Fax: (787)759-7663; E-mail: um_frivera@suagm1.suagm.edu; Web Site: http://www.suagm.edu/umet/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, coed. Part of Ana G. Mendez University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1980. Setting: small town campus with easy access to San Juan. Total enrollment: 5,857. 3,406 applied, 57% were admitted. Full-time: 4,103 students, 65% women, 35% men. Part-time: 1,216 students, 67% women, 33% men. 100% Hispanic, 33% 25 or older, 6% transferred in. Retention: 65% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs. Off campus study.

Entrance Requirements: Option: Common Application. Required: high school transcript, PAA. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/30.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $15. Tuition: $4278 full-time, $138 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $220 full-time.

Collegiate Environment: Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 10 open to all; national fraternities. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. 50 computers available on campus for general student use.