🎓 College profile
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
PR · Public · Large suburb · 1,296 applicants 2023
🎯 Parent/student verdict
MatchSolid match for academically prepared students. Affordable on average — net price runs around $12,675/yr.
✅ Best for
- Students drawn to Biological & Biomedical Sciences or Business, Management, & Marketing (the two biggest majors)
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 University of Puerto Rico-Humacao, the average net price is $12,675/yr across all families.
🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.
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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 University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of Puerto Rico-Humacao 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.
💼 Top programs by earnings
Highest-earning majors at University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major (CIP code). From the federal College Scorecard program-level outcomes.
| Major (CIP) | Credential | Cohort | 1-yr earnings | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics. | Bachelor's Degree | 13 | — | $67,625 |
| Chemistry. | Bachelor's Degree | 14 | $22,743 | $50,727 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | Bachelor's Degree | 40 | $26,961 | $45,816 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | Bachelor's Degree | 44 | $14,764 | $38,201 |
| International Business. | Bachelor's Degree | 24 | — | $38,062 |
| Biology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | 43 | $22,686 | $35,613 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Bachelor's Degree | 6 | — | $34,538 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 42 | $11,852 | $33,999 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | 18 | — | $31,382 |
| Social Work. | Bachelor's Degree | 39 | $6,869 | $29,644 |
For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →
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