🎓 College profile
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
PR · Private nonprofit · Small suburb
ℹ️ A note about this profile
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo doesn't publish standardized-test bands or admit-rate data to IPEDS. That usually means the institution is open-admission (no selectivity gate), graduate-focused, or small enough that the federal survey suppresses the numbers. The cost, program, and outcomes data below is still complete — just no admissions-difficulty signal to surface. If you're searching for a more selective Ivy-tier "Pontifical", try the search at the top of the page.
🎯 Parent/student verdict
Worth a lookAffordable on average — net price runs around $11,117/yr.
✅ Best for
- Students focused on Biological & Biomedical Sciences (the school's signature program)
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
🏛️ Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
💰 What families actually pay
Net price by family income
Net price = sticker price minus grant aid. This is what families actually pay out-of-pocket after scholarships and need-based aid — the most honest affordability signal there is. At Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo, the average net price is $11,117/yr across all families.
🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.
Need-based aid usually phases out somewhere between $200K and $300K at private colleges — but the exact threshold varies a lot. For a precise estimate based on your family's actual income, assets, and your student's academic profile, use Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo's official Net Price Calculator:
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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41-NPT45). Net price = total cost of attendance minus federal, state, institutional, and other grants. Some brackets may be suppressed for student-privacy reasons (small cohorts). Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates only. The $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — Department of Education hasn't refreshed these brackets since the early 2010s.
📚 What students study here
Most popular majors at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.
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