INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, AGUADILLA CAMPUS

Call Box 20000
Aguadilla, PR 00605
Tel: (787)891-0925
Web Site: http://www.interaguadilla.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Part of Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1957. Setting: 50-acre small town campus. Endowment: $747,762. Educational spending 2003-04: $1440 per student. Total enrollment: 4,266. Faculty: 254 (75 full-time, 179 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 26:1. Full-time: 3,602 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 628 students, 58% women, 42% men. 100% Hispanic, 2% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; psychology; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.00 high school GPA, PAA. Required for some: SAT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Tuition: $3360 full-time, $140 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $424 full-time, $144 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 24 open to all. Most popular organizations: Criminal Justice Association, Secretarial Sciences Association, Future Teachers Association, Psycho-social Human Services Association, IPDAS (Drugs, Alcohol and Aids Prevention Institute). Major annual events: Justas Universitarias, Festival de Flora y Fauna, Noche de Logros. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Manuel Mendez Ballester Information Access Center with 56,037 books, 2,628 microform titles, 437 serials, 24,918 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $588,493. 485 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.