Tuition and fees rose 15.5 percent for 2017-18 at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
Puerto Rico students paid $5,872 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year $788 more than the $5,084 charged for 2016-17.
Data shows 98 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 902 students received grants or scholarships totaling $4.81 million and 36 students took out student loans totaling more than $85,764.
Including all undergraduates, 4,733 students used grants or scholarships totaling $25.47 million. Another 1,093 took out $3.5 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
~5,239
$4,866
$4,962
$5,084
$5,872
20.7%
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce 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
874
94%
$4,493,587
$5,141
State / local grant or scholarship
113
12%
$89,986
$796
Institutional grants or scholarships
484
52%
$223,305
$461
Grant or scholarship aid total
902
98%
$4,806,878
$5,329
Federal student loans
36
4%
$85,764
$2,382
Other student loans
0
0%
$0
Student loan aid
36
4%
$85,764
$2,382
Total student aid
902
98%
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