Students
Who's on campus
A medium campus of 9,539 undergrads, where 65% receive Pell Grants, a high share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.11
Economic access
Campus size
Where first-years come from
1,761 first-time students
1.6% came from other states and 0.0% from abroad; 98% are from Puerto Rico. Fewer from other states than at 88% of colleges.
- In-state (Puerto Rico)98%
- Other states1.6%
- Abroad0.0%
Top home states
- Puerto Rico(home state)98% 1,732
- Florida0.6% 11
- New York0.2% 4
- Texas0.2% 4
- Delaware0.1% 1
From 12 states (counting DC) and 1,732 from U.S. territories.
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
100
new transfer students, 5.4% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 7% of colleges.
84 full-time, 16 part-time.
Going on to another college
0.5%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 13 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
9.2% of undergrads study part-time.
44% women
Another gender: 13 undergraduates (0.1%)
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
No college housing: students find their own place to live.
Housing
No college housing: students live off campus.
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division II · Division II Independents
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays basketball, cross country/track (no football).
ROTC
Army, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 6% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 1
Nonreligious and secular
Secular Humanist Association at University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Greek life
No fraternity or sorority chapters found in national directories (October 2026).
LGBTQ+ life
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Gender unknown: 91
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
18 applied · fewer than 10 admitted · fewer than 10 enrolled
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)