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Automeca Technical College-Ponce

Ponce, Puerto Rico Private for-profit Less than 2-year Midsize city

Overview

Automeca Technical College-Ponce is a private for-profit career and technical school in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The campus sits in a midsize city. It enrolled 310 students in fall 2024. It is part of Automeca Technical College Inc..

Automeca Technical College-Ponce offers certificates across 11 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Automobile, Metal Fabricator, and Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician. It awarded 289 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 87% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Mission

The mission of Automeca Technical College is to provide a quality education that develops and trains our students with knowledge, skills, competencies and skills. In this way they will be able to use their knowledge in their occupational specialties, achieve progress, respond to requirements, and satisfy the needs of the Market.

Mission statement as reported by Automeca Technical College-Ponce

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
310
Students enrolled
87%
First-year retention
289
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
11
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 11

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
87%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates of 1 to 2 years
289

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
310
Undergraduates, fall 2024
310
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
547
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
7%
Men
93%
Hispanic or Latino
100%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Automeca Technical College Inc.
President
Maria A. Pagan
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates

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