Ponce, Puerto Rico
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1967
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 139
- Median GPA
- 3.33
- Resident tuition
- $540 / credit
- First-year class
- 161
- Bar-required jobs
- 17%
- First-time bar passage
- 44.9%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2021-2022
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $8,000 | $758 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $8,000 | $758 |
| Part-time · resident | $6,000 | $758 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $6,000 | $758 |
| Full-time · per credit (resident) | $500 | $758 |
| Part-time · per credit (resident) | $500 | $758 |
Living expenses (school estimates)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$15,116
- Living off campus$20,460
- Living at home$12,601
Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.
Estimated annual cost (calculation)
- Tuition$8,000
- Mandatory fees$758
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$20,460
PreLaw Advisor total$29,218
Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →Grants & scholarships (2021–2022 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 389 | 245 | 144 |
| Receiving grants | 124 | 69 | 55 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 113 | 64 | 49 |
| Half to full tuition | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Full tuition | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| More than full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $1,000 | $1,191 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $1,481 | $1,737 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $3,571 | $3,060 |
The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.
Conditional scholarships
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2019-2020103 received · 20 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2018-201979 received · 18 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2017-201884 received · 14 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.