by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice studies.
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is ranked #2,104 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is also ranked #17 out of 29 schools in Puerto Rico.
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The acceptance rate at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is a competitive 53%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce, this rate is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 10% for first-time, full-time students at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,403 undergraduates at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce with 2,756 being full-time and 647 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $2,382 a year. That adds up to $9,528 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 104 Turpeaux Industrial Park Rd1, Mercedita, PR 00715-1602 |
| Phone: | 787-284-1912 |
| Website: | www.ponce.inter.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 70 | $18,017 |
| General Psychology | 61 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 55 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 46 | $20,129 |
| General Biology | 45 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 42 | NA |
| Nursing | 34 | $14,877 |
| Culinary Arts | 33 | NA |
| Accounting | 26 | $18,319 |
| Computer Science | 26 | $25,245 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,755 students took at least one online class at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce. This is a decrease from the 2,993 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,755 | 1,176 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,993 | 1,342 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,483 | 1,606 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,543 | 1,056 |
Learn more about online learning at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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