🎓 College profile
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
PR · Public · Large city · 4,665 applicants 2023
🧭 A parent's read
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Finance and Financial Management Services grads from here earn about $57,851 four years out; drama grads about $21,825 — a 2.7× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- Ask the submit question deliberately. This college is test-optional — but at many such colleges, applicants who submit strong scores are admitted at meaningfully higher rates. “Optional” is a strategy decision, not a pass.
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🎯 Parent/student verdict
MatchSolid match for academically prepared students. Affordable for in-state families — net price averages ~$9,175/yr.
✅ Best for
- Students drawn to Business, Management, & Marketing or Biological & Biomedical Sciences (the two biggest majors)
- Research-curious students (R2 — active research output)
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
🏛️ Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
💰 The real cost
What families at your income actually pay
Above $110K income — where most Reach families sit — aid-receiving families average $13,018/yr at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. Lower brackets pay less — the full ladder is below. One caveat, once: every bracket figure here averages only the families in that bracket who received aid — it says nothing about whether your family will qualify.
🔎 Earning over $110K? You're above the top federal bracket — the median family headed by a 45-to-54-year-old (the prime college-parent years) earned about $134K in 2024, and the federal data lumps everyone from $110K to $1M+ into one row.
Whether you'll get need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats. at this income is entirely college-specific: a few heavily-endowed schools meet full need well past $150K, while many others give little above the brackets shown — there, merit scholarships, where offered, become the realistic lever.
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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41–NPT45; Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates; suppressed brackets = small cohorts; the $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — the brackets haven't been refreshed since the early 2010s). Payoff multiple = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (4-yr cost); full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
📚 What students study here
Most popular majors at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras actually graduates — not just what it markets.
💼 What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras's own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | $57,851 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | $57,201 |
| Computer Science. | $54,102 |
| Marketing. | $46,038 |
| Chemistry. | $43,731 |
| Political Science and Government. | $41,417 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | $40,173 |
| Biology, General. | $40,152 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services. | $40,076 |
| Natural Sciences. | $39,675 |
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
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