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This list of universities and colleges in Puerto Rico includes colleges and universities in Puerto Rico that grant bachelor's degrees and/or post-graduate master's and doctorate degrees. The list does not include community colleges (alternatively called junior colleges ) that grant two-year associate's degrees .
As a result of this, 1,321 out of 1,466 public schools in Puerto Rico (about 90%) do not comply with the academic progress requirements established by the No Child Left Behind Act. [46] In 2013, the Nation's Report Card concluded that Puerto Rico falls below basic levels when compared to the United States. [47] In particular the findings showed ...
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico; shortened to PUPR in English and UPPR in Spanish, and informally referred to as Poly) is a private university based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with additional campuses in Orlando and Miami, Florida, as well as an online virtual campus.
As a result of the 1949 law, agencies in Puerto Rico sent plans for the construction of caseríos (housing) to Washington, DC for approval and by August 1952, the building of 9,890 new units across Puerto Rico had been authorized. [7] Law 93-383 passed by the US Congress on August 22, 1974 for the improvement of residences, included Puerto Rico ...
More recently, according to the 2005–2009 Population and Housing Narrative Profile for Puerto Rico, among people at least five years old living in Puerto Rico in 2005–2009, 95 percent spoke a language other than English at home. Of those speaking a language using English at home, 5.5 percent spoke Spanish and more than 99.5 percent spoke ...
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey: Cayey: Puerto Rico–Humacao Buhos y Buhas: University of Puerto Rico at Humacao: Humacao: Puerto Rico–Mayagüez Tarzanes y Juanas [a] University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez: Puerto Rico–Ponce Leones y Leonas: University of Puerto Rico at Ponce: Ponce: Puerto Rico–Río Piedras Gallitos y ...
Río Piedras (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈrio ˈpjeðɾas]) (Spanish for ''stones river'') is an urbanized commercial and residential district in San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico, concentrated in the barrios of Pueblo, Universidad, Hato Rey Sur, El Cinco, and Monacillo Urbano, about 4 to 7 miles (6.4 to 11.3 km) from the Old San Juan historic quarter, Condado and Isla Verde ...
Fajardo (Spanish pronunciation: [faˈxaɾðo]) is a town and a municipality part of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area in Puerto Rico.. Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.