UPRCA vs PUCPR Academic Comparison

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

UPRCA is a public and PUCPR is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
UPRCA has more expensive tuition & fees ($7,986) than PUCPR ($6,340).
It is harder to admit to UPRCA than PUCPR.
PUCPR has a higher submitted SAT score (904) than UPRCA (904).
PUCPR has more students with 5,776 students while UPRCA has 2,270 students.
UPRCA has a lower number of students per faculty with 16 to 1 while PUCPR's ratio is 21 to 1.
PUCPR has more full-time faculties with 222 faculties while UPRCA has 81 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - University of Puerto Rico-Carolina and Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce.

UPRCA	vs.	PUCPR
Carolina, Puerto Rico	Location	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields	Carnegie Classification	Doctoral / Research University
In-State$7,986 Out-Of-State$7,986	2024 Tuition & Fees	$6,340
90%	% Receiving Financial Aid	99%
$7,859	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,389

53.01 %	Acceptance Rates	90.00 %
76.03 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	28.00 %
904	SAT Score	1,285
-	ACT Score	-
38 %	Graduation Rate	42 %
15 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
72 %	Retention Rate	79 %
2,270	Student Population	5,776
81	Number of Faculties	222
16 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services, On-campus daycare

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