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

In-state tuition and fees rose 3 percent for 2017-18 at University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Puerto Rico residents paid $2,082 to attend the four-year public institution this year $60 more than the $2,022 charged for 2016-17.

Non-resident students would have paid 95.5 percent more than residents this year, or $4,070. Non-resident tuition and fees was unchanged from $4,070 in 2016-17.

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

Data shows 88 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 674 students received grants or scholarships totaling $3.64 million and 44 students took out student loans totaling more than $118,750.

Including all undergraduates, 2,573 students used grants or scholarships totaling $14.81 million. Another 413 took out $1.49 million 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
3,396
$2,019
$2,019
$2,022
$2,082
3.1%
Out-of-state
0
$4,041
$4,041
$4,070
$4,070
0.7%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla 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
649
84%
$3,475,975
$5,356
State / local grant or scholarship
23
3%
$3,000
$130
Institutional grants or scholarships
127
17%
$160,367
$1,263
Grant or scholarship aid total
674
88%
$3,639,342
$5,400
Federal student loans
44
6%
$118,750
$2,699
Other student loans
0
0%
$0
Student loan aid
44
6%
$118,750
$2,699
Total student aid
675
88%