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

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

Puerto Rico residents paid $3,158 to attend the four-year public institution this year $51 more than the $3,107 charged for 2016-17.

Non-resident students would have paid 96 percent more than residents this year, or $6,190. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 0.8 percent from $6,139 in 2016-17.

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

Data shows 80 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 715 students received grants or scholarships totaling $4.12 million.

Including all undergraduates, 3,103 students used grants or scholarships totaling $14.41 million. Another 257 took out $927,274 in federal student loans.

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