by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will not be asked to pay the full, advertised sticker price of a school. Instead, they will be given a financial aid offer that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The price tag of going to University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras can appear tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students obtain some kind of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does UPR Rio Piedras deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep going to see how much school funding could be available to you.
The amount of financial aid you can receive varies from person to person and will depend on your family’s economic situation. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
Financial aid, in the form of loans, grants, work-study, and scholarships, is one way colleges reduce the cost of attendance so most students can actually afford to attend. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
Among first-time, full-time freshmen at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 82% of new full-time first-years were awarded at least some aid around 1488 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 82% | $6,773 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 28% | $1,594 |
| Federal Pell grants | 71% | $6,396 |
| State/local grants | 12% | $1,520 |
| Federal student loans | 2% | $3,609 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At this school, about 77% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $6,628 (across roughly 6846 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 77% | $6,628 |
| Federal Pell grants | 66% | $6,123 |
| Federal student loans | 5% | $4,631 |
Among title-IV aid recipients living on campus, grant and scholarship aid averaged $5,943.
Since aid is largely need-based, the real cost of attendance falls steeply for lower-income families.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $6,085 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $7,454 |
| Over $75,000 | $9,712 |
Each amount is the average cost remaining once grant aid is subtracted, by income band.
The net price represents the average annual cost a title-IV-receiving student pays after grant aid is subtracted from the full cost of attendance.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $9,175 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $6,507 |
For a customized cost estimate, visit UPR Rio Piedras’s net price tool: www.uprrp.edu/netpricecalc/npcalc.htm.
A typical borrower at UPR Rio Piedras leaves with $5,500 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $5,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $5,500 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $58.31/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. The four reference points below map the debt distribution at UPR Rio Piedras.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $2,750 |
| 25th percentile | $4,316 |
| 75th percentile | $8,800 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $12,953 |
The figures below break down median federal debt by income tier, first-generation status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $5,500 |
| Middle income | $5,500 |
| High income | $5,500 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $5,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $5,500 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $5,500 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. UPR Rio Piedras.
The Stafford loan program is the largest source of federal direct loans to undergraduates. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at UPR Rio Piedras:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 17537 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $262,934,305 |
GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the two federal aid programs targeted at military-affiliated students.
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 75 |
| Total DoD amount | $175,677 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $2,342 |
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