Cost of college went up for all students at University of Puerto Rico-Ponce

In-state tuition and fees rose 1.6 percent for 2017-18 at University of Puerto Rico-Ponce, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Puerto Rico residents paid $2,117 to attend the four-year public institution this year $34 more than the $2,083 charged for 2016-17.

Non-resident students would have paid 95.5 percent more than residents this year, or $4,138. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 0.8 percent from $4,105 in 2016-17.

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

Data shows 87 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 806 students received grants or scholarships totaling $4.44 million and 33 students took out student loans totaling more than $61,800.

Including all undergraduates, 3,037 students used grants or scholarships totaling $9.53 million. Another 310 took out $733,654 in federal student loans.

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Puerto Rico-Ponce in 2015-16.