Private nonprofit · Community college

EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba

Villalba, Puerto Rico · Small suburb

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Transfer rate: $12,978
Avg net price: 25%
Grad / completion: $22,844
Median earnings

EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Villalba, Puerto Rico (small suburb setting), enrolling 379 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

Private nonprofitSmall · 379 undergradsSmall suburbAccessible · 76% admitMild wintersNear the coast

About Villalba, Puerto Rico

Villalba, originally known as Villa Alba, is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region, northeast of Juana Díaz; south of Orocovis; and west of Coamo. Villalba was founded in 1917 by José Ramón Figueroa y Rivera and Walter McJones. Its current mayor is Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz. Villalba celebrates its patron saint festival in July. The Fiestas Patronales de Nuestra Sra. del Carmen is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small suburb
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 36 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean: 8 miles

How EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba compares

Selectivity75.6%

More selective than 61% · #11 most selective of 16 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate25%

Higher than 8% · #63 of 69 in Puerto Rico

Earnings, 10 years after entry$22,844

Higher than 11% · #26 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$12,978

Cheaper than 58% · #65 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Median debt at graduation$14,000

Lower than 17%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment379

Larger than 57%

Percentiles compare EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Puerto Rico.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women25266%
Men12734%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

Hispanic100%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 379
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 84%
Median family income: $7,153
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $27,045
Endowment: $294,338

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 74 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Puerto Rico19%
Other U.S. states81%

A national draw — only 16% of first-years come from Puerto Rico; 68% arrive from other states.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $7,050
Out-of-state tuition: $14,125
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,500
Total cost of attendance: $19,138
Average net price: $12,978

Admissions

Admission rate: 75.6%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 25%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,535
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $22,844
Median debt at graduation: $14,000
Students with federal loans: 77%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 35%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

25%

Low-income (Pell)

34%

First-generation

37%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $15

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$11,001

$30–48k

$15,400

$48–75k

$15,459

$75–110k

$14,080

$110k+

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College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $22,844
Typical debt at graduation: $14,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 61%
Out-earn a HS grad: 21%

Typical debt would take roughly 6.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$19,643

Men

$28,487

Men out-earn women by $8,844 (45%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 62°F
Annual rain: 37.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ponce 4 E, PR RQ station (5.9 mi from campus).

What EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

40 grads$32k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$16k debt

40$31,869$35,178$16,000 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$5k debt

1——$5,450 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

0 grads$17k 1 yr$36k 5 yr$17k debt

0$17,039$36,464$17,450 Accounting and Related Services

0 grads$32k 1 yr— 5 yr$12k debt

0$31,705—$12,262

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.