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Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico · Large city

100.0%
Admit rate
$5,669
Avg net price
45%
Graduation rate
$21,790
Median earnings

Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico is a public bachelor's-granting institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico (large city setting), enrolling 466 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

PublicSmall · 466 undergradsLarge cityOpen admissionMild wintersNear the coast

About San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory, and insular area of the United States. The Taíno people were the original inhabitants of the area before the arrival of the Europeans to the island of Puerto Rico in 1493. As the capital and most populous municipality of Puerto Rico, San Juan is a culturally vibrant city influenced by the heterogenous origins of Puerto Rican culture. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
1 mile to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
< 1 mile

How Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico compares

Selectivity100.0%

More selective than 2% · #24 most selective of 27 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate45%

Higher than 30% · #16 of 37 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention72%

Higher than 37%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$21,790

Higher than 1% · #35 of 37 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$5,669

Cheaper than 98% · #6 cheapest of 37 in Puerto Rico

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 76%

Undergraduate enrollment466

Larger than 21%

Percentiles compare Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Puerto Rico.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

466undergrads
  • Women30766%
  • Men15934%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White0.6%
  • Hispanic99%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
466
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
78%
First-generation students
17%
Students over 25
12%
Median family income
$19,630
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$27,567
Endowment
$3,081,362

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 85 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Puerto Rico100%

Most first-years stay in state — Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico draws overwhelmingly from Puerto Rico.

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.

Admissions

Admission rate
100.0%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,902
Out-of-state tuition
$8,502
Room & board
Books & supplies
$3,500
Total cost of attendance
$9,057
Average net price
$5,669

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
45%
Graduated on time (4 years)
3%
First-year retention
72%
Transferred to another college
12%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$12,949
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$21,790
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

About 42% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
3%
First-generation
28%

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
$25

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (466 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

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
$5,208
$30–48k
$6,026
$48–75k
$6,821
$75–110k
$7,684
$110k+

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$36,832

$6,821/year × about 5.4 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico 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)
$21,790
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
15%
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.

Campus climate

Summer high
89°F
Winter low
69°F
Annual rain
75.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.04.99.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Toa Baja Levittown, PR RQ station (3.8 mi from campus).

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.