Puerto Rico College Costs: Net Price at Every School

Average net price is what full-time first-time undergraduates actually paid after grant and scholarship aid (2022-23 IPEDS Student Financial Aid data, retrieved 2026-08-13). Published tuition is the 2023-24 sticker price. Sorted by average net price, lowest first. Schools that did not report net price are listed at the end.

Puerto Rico has 86 degree-granting, Title IV institutions in the current federal dataset: 20 public, 48 private nonprofit, and 18 private for-profit (72 four-year and 14 two-year).

Across the 60 four-year institutions that reported net price, the average was $8,074 and the median $7,909. Across the 14 two-year institutions that reported, the average was $4,978 and the median $5,196. (IPEDS SFA 2022-23, retrieved 2026-08-13.)

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School	City	Type	Avg net price	Published tuition
Colegio Universitario de San Juan	San Juan	public	$107	$2,340
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan	San Juan	public	$625	$3,707
Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y Television	Bayamon	private for-profit	$2,249	$7,195
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Manati	Manati	public	$2,389	$1,600
Escuela De Troqueleria Y Herramentaje	Bayamon	public	$2,507	$3,850
Dewey University-Hato Rey	Hato Rey	private nonprofit	$2,528	$6,970
Humacao Community College	Humacao	private nonprofit	$2,879	$6,560
Dewey University-Carolina	Carolina	private nonprofit	$3,397	$7,630
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama	Guayama	public	$3,510	$1,618
Dewey University-Manati	Manati	private nonprofit	$3,688	$7,630
Dewey University-Juana Diaz	Juana Diaz	private nonprofit	$3,731	$7,630
Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music	San Juan	public	$3,905	$3,370
Nova College de Puerto Rico	Bayamon	private for-profit	$3,942	Not reported
Columbia Central University-Caguas	Caguas	private for-profit	$4,046	$7,314
Universidad Central de Bayamon	Bayamon	private nonprofit	$4,382	$5,986
EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Sebastian	San Sebastian	private nonprofit	$4,496	$7,050
Antilles School of Technical Careers	San Juan	private for-profit	$4,957	Not reported
EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan	San Juan	private nonprofit	$4,989	$7,050
Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico	San Juan	public	$5,047	$4,902
ICPR Junior College	Hato Rey	private for-profit	$5,196	$8,060
ICPR Junior College-Arecibo	Arecibo	private for-profit	$5,317	$8,060
ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez	Mayaguez	private for-profit	$5,426	$8,060
NUC University	Bayamon	private for-profit	$5,433	$8,054
Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa	Rio Piedras	private nonprofit	$5,607	$4,220
ICPR Junior College	Manati	private for-profit	$5,907	$8,060
Universal Technology College of Puerto Rico	Aguadilla	private nonprofit	$6,193	Not reported
Caribbean University-Bayamon	Bayamon	private nonprofit	$6,301	$5,966
Atlantic University	Guaynabo	private nonprofit	$6,305	$8,280
Caribbean University-Vega Baja	Vega Baja	private nonprofit	$6,310	$5,966
Atenas University	Manati	private nonprofit	$6,544	$8,198
Caribbean University-Ponce	Ponce	private nonprofit	$6,679	$5,966
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	San Juan	public	$6,868	$5,324
American Educational College	Bayamon	private for-profit	$6,906	$8,306
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce	Ponce	public	$7,358	$5,354
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas	Barranquitas	private nonprofit	$7,407	$5,542
EDP University of Puerto Rico-Manati	Manati	private nonprofit	$7,518	$7,050
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	San Juan	private nonprofit	$7,559	$6,920
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus	Carolina	private nonprofit	$7,569	$6,920
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	Caguas	private nonprofit	$7,589	$9,489
Caribbean University-Carolina	Carolina	private nonprofit	$7,635	$5,966
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus	Gurabo	private nonprofit	$7,668	$6,920
University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon	Bayamon	public	$7,827	$6,284
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla	Aguadilla	private nonprofit	$7,909	$5,542
Universidad Central Del Caribe	Bayamon	private nonprofit	$8,011	$6,442
EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba	Villalba	private nonprofit	$8,121	$7,050
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	Mayaguez	private nonprofit	$8,132	$6,238
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo	Arecibo	private nonprofit	$8,310	$5,580
University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla	Aguadilla	public	$8,317	$5,954
Universidad Adventista de las Antillas	Mayaguez	private nonprofit	$8,354	$8,050
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce	Mercedita	private nonprofit	$8,385	$5,580
EDP University of Puerto Rico-Humacao	Humacao	private nonprofit	$8,510	$7,050
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo	Fajardo	private nonprofit	$8,934	$5,580
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon	Bayamon	private nonprofit	$9,003	$5,580
Huertas College	Caguas	private for-profit	$9,104	$8,520
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German	San German	private nonprofit	$9,192	$5,580
CEM College-Humacao	Humacao	private for-profit	$9,244	$12,900
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama	Guayama	private nonprofit	$9,320	$5,580
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey	Cayey	public	$9,477	$5,354
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro	San Juan	private nonprofit	$9,729	$5,580
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo	Arecibo	private nonprofit	$9,883	$6,238
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of Education-PRAMI	Fajardo	public	$10,122	$3,816
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce	Ponce	private nonprofit	$10,275	$6,340
Mech-Tech College	Caguas	private for-profit	$10,637	$11,394
Albizu University-San Juan	San Juan	private nonprofit	$10,732	$7,797
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo	Arecibo	public	$11,759	$5,324
Universidad Teologica del Caribe	Trujillo Alto	private nonprofit	$11,987	$6,660
University of Puerto Rico-Utuado	Utuado	public	$12,148	$5,354
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	Mayaguez	public	$12,857	$5,274
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon	Santurce	private nonprofit	$13,076	$6,360
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao	Humacao	public	$13,137	$5,364
University of Puerto Rico-Carolina	Carolina	public	$14,151	$7,986
CEM College-San Juan	San Juan	private for-profit	$14,817	$12,900
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico	Hato Rey	private nonprofit	$16,534	$9,810
Ponce Health Sciences University-East	Ponce	private for-profit	$17,442	$10,504
Center for Advanced Studies On Puerto Rico and the Caribbean	San Juan	private nonprofit	Not reported	Not reported
EDP University of Puerto Rico-Caguas	Caguas	private nonprofit	Not reported	$7,050
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Central Office	San Juan	private nonprofit	Not reported	Not reported
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Law	San Juan	private nonprofit	Not reported	Not reported
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Optometry	Bayamon	private nonprofit	Not reported	Not reported
Ponce Health Sciences University	Ponce	private for-profit	Not reported	Not reported
Ponce Health Sciences University-Centro Universitario de San Juan	Santurce	private for-profit	Not reported	Not reported
Professional University Dr. Carlos J. Borrero Rios	Hato Rey	private for-profit	Not reported	$5,760
Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico	San Juan	private nonprofit	Not reported	Not reported
Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez	Rio Piedras	private nonprofit	Not reported	Not reported
University of Puerto Rico-Central Administration	San Juan	public	Not reported	Not reported
University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences	San Juan	public	Not reported	Not reported

Source: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS. Net price 2022-23, published charges 2023-24. Retrieved 2026-08-13. See methodology.