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Ponce Health Sciences University

Ponce, Puerto Rico Private for-profit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Ponce Health Sciences University is a private for-profit four-year institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 970 students in fall 2024.

Ponce Health Sciences University offers master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 4 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Medicine, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other, and Public Health. It awarded 262 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

Key figures

970
Students enrolled
262
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
4
Programs and majors

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

MasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 4

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

Health Professions 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Master's degrees
127
Doctoral degrees (research)
15
Professional doctorates
120

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
970
Graduate students, fall 2024
970
Full-time, fall 2024
98%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
991
Graduate students, 2024-25
991
Full-time, 2024-25
97%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

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

Women
65%
Men
35%
White
2%
Hispanic or Latino
97%
Asian
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
3%
Students taking some online courses
43%

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers
Research designation
Research Colleges and Universities
President
Gino Natalicchio
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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