University of Puerto Rico-Humacao

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Academics

University of Puerto Rico at Humacao is unique in its study options. For instance, the university has a Honors Program, Internships, ROTC, Army, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance and Tutoring. Besides, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Services/Facilities For Hearing Impaired, Services/Facilities For Speech Or Communications Disorders, Services/Facilities For Visually Impaired, Wheelchair Accessibility, 283 work stations, available in: libraries, computer centers, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network and Wireless Network.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Puerto Rico at Humacao.

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Marine/Aquatic Biology, Microbiology

Mathematics:

Computational Mathematics

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Nursing (RN), Occupational Therapy Assistance, Physical Therapy Assistance

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Education:

ESL Teacher Education, Elementary Education

Popular majors:

fifty-five percent health professions, twenty-six percent communications, nine percent business per marketing, five percent engineering, forty-six percent business per marketing, fifteen percent biology, fourteen percent education, ten percent protective services, nine percent health professions, five percent physical science

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Administrative/Secretarial Services, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Human Resources Management, International Business

Physical Sciences:

Physical Sciences – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of November. Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 15.

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 53%, Percent of students who had H.S. GPA of 3.0 or higher: 91% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 87%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were forty-three total number of transfer students who applied and thirty-six total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of fifteen dollars regular fee and fifteen dollars out-of-state application fee.

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 15th of April. the SAT subject section score is due the 15th of February. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 31st of July. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 30th of July. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of February and The regular application is due the 30th of November. Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of November. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of November.

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Athletics and Music/Drama. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. Financial aid distribution is at ninety-one percent scholarships per grants and nine percent loans per jobs.

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Students

The school’s size is approximately four thousand, one hundred and twenty-four degree-seeking undergrads and one thousand and two first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Moreover, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. The university is a Public, Liberal Arts College, University, Four-year, Coed, where 53 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and Hispanic serving. University of Puerto Rico at Humacao offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. Again, the student body consists of ninety-nine percent in-state students, one percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, sixty-eight percent women, thirty-two percent men, one hundred percent hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, less than one percent race per ethnicity unreported, ninety-one percent had h.s. gpa of 3.0 and higher and nine percent had h.s. gpa of 2.0 – 2.99.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. To be sure, the school is located 30 miles from San Juan.Further, the university has many unique facilites such as observatory, census data center, museum and a communication competencies center.

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling