PRA

Puerto Rico Advance Institute

Bayamon, Puerto Rico Private nonprofit Less than 2-year Midsize city

Overview

Located in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Advance Institute is a private nonprofit career and technical school. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 29 students in fall 2024.

Puerto Rico Advance Institute offers certificates across 3 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Make-Up Artist/Specialist, Bartending, and Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science. It awarded 26 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Mission

Institutional Mission PUERTO RICO ADVANCE INSTITUTE (PRAI) mission is to provide educational training opportunities utilizing theoretical and practical competencies in professions, that will allow the students to gain entry-level employment opportunities because of the training and skills acquired at the Institution.

Mission statement as reported by Puerto Rico Advance Institute

Key figures

Open

Admission policy

Students enrolled

100%

First-year retention

Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25

Programs and majors

15:1

Student-to-faculty ratio

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Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 3

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

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2

Make-Up Artist/Specialist Certificate 13 graduates
Bartending Certificate 10 graduates

Business, Management and Marketing 1

Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Certificate 3 graduates

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: 100%
Student-to-faculty ratio: 15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Certificates of 1 to 2 years: 26

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024: 29
Undergraduates, fall 2024: 29
Full-time, fall 2024: 100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year: 55
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: 85%
Men: 15%
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
President: Estefani De la Cruz
Services and opportunities: Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates