by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras landed the #575 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Puerto Rico, UPR Rio Piedras came in at #1.
UPR Rio Piedras was ranked #440 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
UPR Rio Piedras also ranked #1 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Puerto Rico.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.1% of the total graduate students at UPR Rio Piedras are women and 36.9% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 56.8% of the graduate student population at UPR Rio Piedras. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,690 | $3,690 |
| Fees | $300 | $300 |
Master's degree recipients from UPR Rio Piedras earn an average salary of $27,329 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 53% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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: | https://www.facebook.com/uprrp |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/uprrp |
Around 1.6% of UPR Rio Piedras graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Chemistry | 10 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 16 |
| Educational Administration | 7 |
| General Biology | 1 |
| General English Literature | 2 |
| General Psychology | 23 |
| History | 3 |
| Law | 144 |
| Mathematics | 1 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 3 |
| Romance Languages | 6 |
| Social Work | 4 |
| Student Counseling | 2 |
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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