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Tightest Puerto Rico Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Puerto Rico colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo has the lowest acceptance rate as of 33.31% for academic year 2022-2023 in Puerto Rico. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Puerto Rico.
Tightest Puerto Rico Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsArecibo, PR
33.31%1,64254738470.20%
2Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBayamon, PR
33.81%2,67190385194.24%
3Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan German, PR
40.11%1,71368764593.89%
4Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFajardo, PR
44.65%73933026279.39%
5Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAguadilla, PR
45.68%1,69077262981.48%
6Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Juan, PR
46.78%2,7151,27046136.30%
7Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGuayama, PR
46.96%67531727787.38%
8University of Puerto Rico-Cayey
Public, four-yearsCayey, PR
49.32%1,24361348378.79%
9University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Public, four-yearsSan Juan, PR
51.59%4,8592,5071,74969.76%
10University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Public, four-yearsHumacao, PR
52.05%1,29567460389.47%