University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Public · Moderately Selective · PR

School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationPR

SettingSuburban

Undergrads2,069

Student:faculty24:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate8.6%

6-yr grad rate49.8%

Drop-out rate24.1%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$5k

Out-of-state tuition$5k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity100%

Gender diversity68.2%

International0%

Identity—

Overview

The University of Puerto Rico at Cayey is a public liberal arts and sciences campus in the island's central mountains, part of the larger UPR system but functioning as an undergraduate-focused campus rather than a full research university. Instruction is conducted primarily in Spanish, and the school serves as an accessible entry point into higher education for students from the surrounding central region.

Academics

The curriculum centers on liberal arts and natural sciences, with the school known as a strong feeder into health-professions programs and graduate study elsewhere in the UPR system — many students use Cayey as an undergraduate foundation before continuing on to medical, pharmacy, or graduate programs at larger UPR campuses.

Getting in

Admission follows the UPR system's general academic-record-based process rather than an elaborate essay-driven holistic review, with the campus serving primarily students from the surrounding region.

Worth knowing

Cayey's identity as a stepping-stone campus — strong in the sciences, feeding into professional and graduate programs elsewhere in the UPR system — is the most useful thing for a prospective student to understand about it.

cayey.upr.edu ↗

Admissions

Acceptance rate53%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 843–1073

Test policyrequired

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

Applying