INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, GUAYAMA CAMPUS G-13

Call Box 10004
Guayama, PR 00785
Tel: (787)864-2222; Admissions: (787)864-2222; Web Site: http://www.inter.edu/

Description: Independent, 4-year, coed. Part of Inter American University of Puerto Rico. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 50-acre small town campus. Research spending 2002-03: $85 million. Total enrollment: 1,246. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 15% from top quarter, 80% from top half. Full-time: 866 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 6 other countries, 37% 25 or older, 7% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Off campus study at other units of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.00 high school GPA, SAT I, PAA. Required for some: essay, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $0. Tuition: $1682 full-time. Full-time tuition varies according to location and program. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Nursing Club, CONFRA Inter, Sciences Club, AFPO Association. Student services: health clinic. College housing not available. Luis Pales Matos Center for Access to Information plus 1 other with 21,000 books, 212 serials, 2,100 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $210,129. 120 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.