INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, ARECIBO CAMPUS B-6

PO Box 4050
Arecibo, PR 00614-4050
Tel: (787)878-5475; Admissions: (787)878-5475; Fax: (787)880-1624; Web Site: http://www.arecibo.inter.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, coed. Part of Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1957. Setting: 20-acre urban campus with easy access to San Juan. Endowment: $40.5 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $1460 per student. Total enrollment: 3,926. Full-time: 3,165 students, 67% women, 33% men. Part-time: 682 students, 59% women, 41% men. 0% from out-of-commonwealth, 100% Hispanic, 29% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Retention: 80% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; protective services/public administration; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, PAA, CEEB. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $0. Tuition: $3120 full-time. Mandatory fees: $424 full-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group. Social organizations: 20 open to all; local fraternities, local sororities; 5% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: theatrical group 'Ciclorama', Association of Student Advisers Youth Against Drugs, literary circle 'Rene Marques', Future Social Workers Association, Student Counseling Association. Major annual events: Congress of Scientific Research, Mycology Symposium. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Rene Marques Library with 68,893 books, 81 microform titles, 315 serials, 29,146 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $38,297. 295 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.