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.
In College Factual’s 2026 ranking of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in the U.S., University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras landed the #2,372 spot out of the 4,630 schools analyzed for this list.
There were 4,630 college and universities analyzed in the 2026 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UPR Rio Piedras took the #2,372 spot on the list.
In College Factual’s 2026 Best Graduate Schools in the United States ranking, UPR Rio Piedras took the #2,372 spot out of 4,630 schools.
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.
The total graduate student population at UPR Rio Piedras is made up of 57.5% women and 42.5% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 65.4% of the graduate students who attend UPR Rio Piedras are from a racial-ethnic minority group*.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 UPR Rio Piedras who borrowed carries a median debt of $5,673.
After earning their master’s degree from UPR Rio Piedras, graduates go on to jobs with an average early-career salary of $52,654.
Yearly salaries vary depending on the field of study, but the table below shows the highest-earning graduate fields of study at UPR Rio Piedras based on the early-career earnings of recent graduates.
| Graduate Field of Study | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|
| Business & Commerce | $66,899 |
| Law | $56,474 |
| General Architecture | $52,075 |
| General Psychology | $45,073 |
| 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 the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life. Get more details about the location of University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
Contact details for UPR Rio Piedras 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 |
About 19.8% of the graduate students at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras took at least one online class.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 | 23 | — |
| Business & Commerce | 31 | $66,899 |
| Clinical & Counseling Psychology | 9 | — |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 7 | — |
| Economics | 4 | — |
| Educational Administration | 8 | — |
| Educational Assessment | 3 | — |
| General Architecture | 28 | $52,075 |
| General Biology | 7 | — |
| General English Literature | 11 | — |
| Health & Physical Education | 5 | — |
| History | 8 | — |
| Information Science | 28 | — |
| Journalism | 12 | — |
| Legal Research | 6 | — |
| Linguistics & Literature | 29 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 1 | — |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | 15 | — |
| Other Psychology | 5 | — |
| Other Social Sciences | 3 | — |
| Philosophy | 4 | — |
| Physics | 3 | — |
| Public Administration | 28 | — |
| Rehabilitation Professions | 18 | $28,037 |
| Romance Languages | 1 | — |
| Social Work | 19 | $37,568 |
| Sociology | 4 | — |
| Special Education | 3 | — |
| Student Counseling | 4 | — |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 3 | — |
| Teaching English or French | 8 | — |
| Urban & Regional Planning | 23 | — |
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 | 12 | — |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 17 | — |
| Educational Administration | 9 | — |
| Finance & Financial Management | 1 | — |
| General Biology | 5 | — |
| General English Literature | 2 | — |
| General Psychology | 21 | — |
| History | 3 | — |
| International Business | 1 | — |
| Mathematics | 5 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 6 | — |
| Romance Languages | 7 | — |
| Student Counseling | 1 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Homeland Security | 7 | — |
| 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 | 125 | — |
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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