Student Success Indicators
At the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, we are committed to the optimal performance of our students. The University uses various criteria to assess student performance, including retention, graduation, and placement rates.
Cost of Attendance
Retention rate
Retention rates are used to indicate student success, as they identify to what extent students who enter their first year successfully transition from high school to University, completing their first year and returning for their second year. As shown in the following table, in 2022, 84.27% of students who entered University returned for their second year, while in the 2023 cohort, the percentage was 86.94%. Regarding returning to the specific program, in the 2022 cohort, 76.46% returned, while in the 2023 cohort, this percentage was 79.52%.
Returning for a second year at the university
Students who entered in 2022
84.27%
Students who entered in 2023
86.94%
Returning for a second year to the program
Students who entered in 2022
76.46%
Students who entered in 2023
79.52%
Graduation rate
The graduation rate indicates the extent to which first-year students successfully achieve their educational goals at the university by obtaining a bachelor’s degree within 150% of the expected time. Since we have programs projected for five years, the rate is calculated at 7.5 years. The table below shows that for students who entered in 2016, the graduation rate at RUM was 49.70%, while for students who entered in 2017, the rate was 53.83%.
Students who entered in 2016
49.70%
Students who entered in 2017
53.83%
After graduation
The University also measures student performance in terms of how successful students are in fulfilling their graduate plans.
Employment Results
The University’s objective is that most of its graduates successfully fulfill their post-graduate plans. The average placement rate for the past 9 years has been 69.89% at graduation and 77.81% six months after graduation, excluding pandemic-affected 2019-2020 results. For students graduating in 2023, the placement rate was 68.08%, and for 2024 graduates, the rate was 79.41%. 86.42% of the graduates in the class of 2023 had employment in an area related to their field of study at the time of graduation, while this figure was 86.83% for the class of 2024.
Placement rate at graduation
Class of 2023
68.08%
Class of 2024
74.91%
Employment related to the area of study at the time of graduation
Class of 2023
86.42%
Class of 2024
86.83%
Student performance
Enrollment, new enrollment, degrees
Number of students enrolled, and degrees conferred by year, faculty, and study program.
Retention and persistence
Number of students returning to the RUM and the program for their second, third, and fourth year, by gender, year, faculty, and study program.
Graduation rate
Internal transfers
Student mobility between programs by year of admission, faculty, and program.
Placements
Post-degree student activity by year of admission, faculty, and program.
Source: Office of Planning, Research and Institutional Improvement (OPIMI). Last update: February, 24th 2023.