by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Graduate School, including its rankings, graduate degree programs, diversity, and more. Use the following list to jump to the section on the page with details on that topic.
College Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras came in at #1,428 out of the 1,618 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual’s 2027 Best Master’s Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
Of the 892 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2027 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, UPRRP came in at #834.
For the last year in which we have data, 2,602 graduate students decided that University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras was the best place for them. Since diversity is such an important part of the grad school experience, College Factual looked deeper at the demographics of these students. Our findings are below.
Women make up 57.5% of the total graduate student body at UPRRP while men make up 42.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 65.4% of the graduate student population at UPRRP. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you’ll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,150 | $9,150 |
| Fees | $600 | $600 |
The typical graduate student at UPRRP who borrowed carries a median debt of $5,673.
Graduate students who earn their master’s degree at UPRRP enter the workforce with an average early-career salary of $52,654.
The graduate programs at UPRRP lead to a range of early-career salaries. The table below lists the graduate fields of study at the school whose recent graduates report the highest early-career earnings.
| Graduate Field of Study | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|
| Business & Commerce | $66,899 |
| Law | $56,474 |
| General Architecture | $52,075 |
| Social Work | $37,568 |
| Rehabilitation Professions | $28,037 |
| Public Administration | $22,841 |
Located in San Juan, PR, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras is a public institution. The location of UPRRP is great for students who prefer living in an urban area. Get more details about the location of University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
Contact details for UPRRP are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 39 Avenida Ponce de Leon, San Juan, PR 00931-0000 |
| Phone: | 787-764-0000 |
| Website: | www.uprrp.edu |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/uprrp |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/uprrp |
19.8% of the graduate students at UPRRP took at least one online course. Approximately 5.7% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
Listed here are the degree programs in which the school awarded master’s degrees.
| Masters Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Arts & Media Management | 19 | — |
| Business & Commerce | 32 | $66,899 |
| Business Administration & Management | 41 | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | — |
| Clinical & Counseling Psychology | 14 | — |
| Computer Science | 3 | — |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 17 | — |
| Economics | 5 | — |
| Educational Administration | 9 | — |
| Educational Assessment | 4 | — |
| General Architecture | 47 | $52,075 |
| General Biology | 8 | — |
| General English Literature | 3 | — |
| Health & Physical Education | 11 | — |
| History | 9 | — |
| Information Science | 27 | — |
| Journalism | 7 | — |
| Legal Research | 8 | — |
| Linguistics & Literature | 22 | — |
| Mathematics | 3 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 2 | — |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | 3 | — |
| Other Psychology | 1 | — |
| Other Social Sciences | 10 | — |
| Philosophy | 2 | — |
| Physics | 4 | — |
| Public Administration | 16 | — |
| Rehabilitation Professions | 20 | $28,037 |
| Romance Languages | 5 | — |
| Social Work | 26 | $37,568 |
| Sociology | 2 | — |
| Special Education | 3 | — |
| Student Counseling | 6 | — |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 2 | — |
| Teaching English or French | 7 | — |
| Urban & Regional Planning | 25 | — |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 11 | — |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 22 | — |
| Educational Administration | 11 | — |
| General Biology | 8 | — |
| General English Literature | 7 | — |
| General Psychology | 28 | — |
| History | 5 | — |
| International Business | 3 | — |
| Mathematics | 3 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 3 | — |
| Romance Languages | 3 | — |
| Social Work | 2 | — |
| Student Counseling | 4 | — |
Listed here are the programs in which University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras awarded a graduate certificate.
| Graduate Certificate Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Library & Information Science | 1 | — |
The programs below are those in which the school awarded a professional degree.
| Professional Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Law | 124 | — |
The programs below are those in which the school awarded a post-masters certificate.
| Post-Masters Certificate Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Library & Information Science | 1 | — |
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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