Public · Community college

University of Puerto Rico-Utuado

Utuado, Puerto Rico · Fringe rural

9%
Transfer rate
$13,648
Avg net price
23%
Grad / completion
$23,906
Median earnings

University of Puerto Rico-Utuado is a public associate-granting institution in Utuado, Puerto Rico (fringe rural setting), enrolling 325 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

PublicSmall · 325 undergradsFringe ruralAccessible · 64% admitOtherMild wintersNear the coast

About Utuado, Puerto Rico

Utuado is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central mountainous region of the island known as the Cordillera Central. At the time of the Spanish initial occupation of the island on November 19, 1493, by Christopher Columbus, Puerto Rico was inhabited by the Taíno. The Montañeses de Utuado (Utuado Mountaineers) are a semi-professional baseball team based in Utuado that competes in the Puerto Rico Amateur Baseball Federation's Liga Doble A. The team achieved its first national championship in 1941 under the then Federación Deportiva del Norte (Sports Federation of the North) as the Utuado Stars. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe rural
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
43 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
16 miles

How University of Puerto Rico-Utuado compares

Selectivity64.1%

More selective than 73% · #6 most selective of 16 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate23%

Higher than 6% · #65 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention46%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,906

Higher than 14% · #23 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$13,648

Cheaper than 56% · #66 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Median debt at graduation$3,500

Lower than 99%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment325

Larger than 55%

Percentiles compare University of Puerto Rico-Utuado 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

325undergrads
  • Women16651%
  • Men15949%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White0.6%
  • Black0.9%
  • Hispanic80%
  • Asian0.9%
  • Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
325
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
84%
First-generation students
27%
Students over 25
15%
Median family income
$13,787
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$71,154

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 100 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Puerto Rico100%

Most first-years stay in state — University of Puerto Rico-Utuado 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.

Cost

In-state tuition
$5,354
Room & board
Books & supplies
$4,168
Total cost of attendance
$20,908
Average net price
$13,648

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

Admissions

Admission rate
64.1%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
23%
Graduated on time (4 years)
22%
First-year retention
46%
Transferred to another college
9%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$21,063
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$23,906
Median debt at graduation
$3,500
Students with federal loans
7%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
22%
First-generation
20%

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
$30
Athletics
Other
Varsity athletes
67 (49 men · 18 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (7)

Volleyball25
Basketball19
Weight Lifting11
Beach Volleyball4
Track and Field (Outdoor)3
Table Tennis3
Cross Country2

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (334 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$13,564
$30–48k
$13,567
$48–75k
$14,709
$75–110k
$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
$60,278

$14,709/year × about 4.1 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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

21%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,161
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 21% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,161. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 80 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$23,906
Typical debt at graduation
$3,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
15%
Out-earn a HS grad

Typical debt would take roughly 1.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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
$20,723
Men
$27,672

Men out-earn women by $6,949 (34%) 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
91°F
Winter low
64°F
Annual rain
78.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
50°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.05.110JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dos Bocas, PR RQ station (6.7 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.