Cost of college went up for non-resident students at University of Puerto Rico-Cayey

In-state tuition and fees was unchanged for 2017-18 at University of Puerto Rico-Cayey, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Puerto Rico residents paid $2,083 to attend the four-year public institution in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.

Non-resident students would have paid 98.7 percent more than residents this year, or $4,138. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 0.8 percent from $4,104 in 2016-17.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Puerto Rico residents.

Data shows 75 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 619 students received grants or scholarships totaling $3.32 million.

Including all undergraduates, 2,639 students used grants or scholarships totaling $14.17 million. Another 106 took out $423,419 in federal student loans.

The cost of attending
Enrollment
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
Change in tuition and fees 2014-15 to 2017-18
In-state
3,766
$2,212
$2,049
$2,083
$2,083
-5.8%
Out-of-state
0
$4,233
$4,070
$4,104
$4,138
-2.2%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey in 2015-16.
Type of Aid
Number of students receiving aid
Percent receiving aid
Total amount of aid received
Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants
619
75%
$3,149,603
$5,088
State / local grant or scholarship
109
13%
$138,985
$1,275
Institutional grants or scholarships
362
44%
$36,200
$100
Grant or scholarship aid total
619
75%
$3,324,788
$5,371
Federal student loans
0
0%
$0
Other student loans
0
0%
$0
Student loan aid
0
0%
$0
Total student aid
619
75%