| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | 25 | NOT OFFER |
It offers 50 graduate programs - 40 Master's, 7 Doctorate, and 3 Post-bachelor's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $7,151.
A total of 1,562 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,568 students at PUCPR. PUCPR offers online graduate programs and 23 out of 1,562 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,151. It offers fifty (50) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
| School Name | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce |
|---|---|
| Type | Four-year, Private (not-for-profit) |
| Address | 2250 Boulevard Luis A. Ferre Aguayo Suite 608, Ponce, PR |
| Graduate School Students | 1,599 students 23 students enrolled online exclusively |
| Tuition & Fees (2024-2025) | $7,151 |
| Student to Faculty | 16:1 (6.25%) |
| Number of Graduate Programs | Total 50 Graduate Programs 40 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 3 Post graduate certificates |
The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $7,151 for prospective students.
The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $340.
| Amounts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,120 | |
| Fees | $1,031 | |
| Cost per Credit | $340 | |
| Books & Supplies | $3,624 | |
| Room & Board | $6,791 (On-Campus) / $8,295 (Off-Campus) | |
| Personal Expenses | $6,487 (On-Campus) / $6,875 (Off-Campus) | |
| On-Campus Total | $24,053 | |
| Off-Campus Total | $25,945 | |
| 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Fees | $6,270 | $6,310 | $6,581 | $6,911 | $7,151 |
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 50 major areas - 40 Master's, 7 Doctorate, 3 Post-Bachelor's. 118 students have been conferred Master's degree and 198 students have received Doctorate degree last year.
The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.| Master's | Doctorate | Post-Bachelor's | Post-Master's | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 118 | 198 | 25 | - |
| Men | 38 | 75 | 3 | - |
| Women | 80 | 123 | 22 | - |
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | 25 | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | NOT OFFER | |||
| Accounting and Business/Management | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum and Instruction | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| College Student Counseling and Personnel Services | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Business Teacher Education | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| History Teacher Education | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Language and Literature | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Law | 8 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Tax Law/Taxation | 13 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library and Information Science | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biotechnology | 17 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Neuroscience | 5 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Education | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Divinity/Ministry | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 3 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| School Psychology | 12 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | 3 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminology | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painting | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 8 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Clinical/Medical Social Work | 21 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | 6 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce | 1 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Business Administration and Management | NOT OFFER | |||
| Accounting and Business/Management | 4 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Finance | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | |
| Taxation | 2 | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum and Instruction | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Educational Leadership and Administration | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | ||
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management | NOT OFFER |
| Program | Master's | Doctorate | Post-BS | Post-MS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER | NOT OFFER |
By attending status, there are 1,065 full-time and 534 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 23 students enrolled through online exclusively and 46 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 3 White, 2 Black, and 0 Asian students are attending at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
15 grad students are younger than 22 and 403 students are older than 65. It has 715 students aged between 22 and 30 and 429 students aged 30 to 40.
| Total | 1,599 |
|---|---|
| Men | 485 |
| Women | 1,114 |
| Total | 1,599 |
|---|---|
| Full-time Students | 1,065 |
| Part-time Students | 534 |
| Total | 1,599 |
|---|---|
| Black | 2 |
| Hispanic | 1,428 |
| White | 3 |
| Un-Known | 155 |
| Total | 1,599 |
|---|---|
| 21 & Under | 15 |
| 22-24 | 236 |
| 25-29 | 479 |
| 30-34 | 261 |
| 35-39 | 168 |
| 40 & Over | 403 |
At Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce graduate schools, 23 students enrolled online exclusively and 46 students enrolled in some online courses.
| Total Enrollment | 1,562 |
|---|---|
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 23 |
| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 46 |
| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 1,493 |
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 23 |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico Resident | 20 |
| Other State In U.S. | - |
| Outside of U.S. | 3 |