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Feature class displays all licenced postsecondary institutions during the 2018-2019 school year. In addition to institution's name, address information, and geographic coordinates, the following attribute data is also provided: (1) sector type (public vs private), (2) academic offering (from professional, technical or vocational certificates through doctoral degress), (3) average tuition costs, (4) enrollment, (5) amount of degrees awarded, (6) financial aid, (7) retention rates, and (8) graduation rates. |
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Feature class displays all licenced postsecondary institutions during the 2018-2019 school year. In addition to institution's name, address information, and geographic coordinates, the following attribute data is also provided: (1) sector type (public vs private), (2) academic offering (from professional, technical or vocational certificates through doctoral degress), (3) average tuition costs, (4) enrollment, (5) amount of degrees awarded, (6) financial aid, (7) retention rates, and (8) graduation rates. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The Board of Postsecondary Institutions (BPI), ascribed to the PR Department of State, specializes in attending to the processes of granting Authorization Licenses and Renewal Licenses to Basic Education Institutions (BEI) and Higher Education Institutions (HEI), as well as to attend to the accreditations that have been requested by the BEI.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>The BPI is also responsible for issuing certifications that validate the degrees conferred by the authorized education institutions through the Puerto Rico Board of Education License, at the request of the citizen or the interested entity. On the other hand, it attends the institutions called Church-Schools under the protection of Law Number 82 of 1985.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>The licensing requirement is mandatory for both private and public educational institutions. On the other hand, the accreditation process is voluntary for Private Education Institutions and mandatory for Public Basic Education Institutions belonging to the Puerto Rico Department of Education.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Feature class displays all licenced postsecondary institutions during the 2018-2019 school year. In addition to institution's name, address information, and geographic coordinates, the following attribute data is also provided:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Sector: indicates whether the institution is public, private - not for profit, or private - for profit</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Offers Certificate 1: refers to certificates requiring less than 900 contact hours, or less than a year</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Offers Cerificate 2: refers to certificates requiring more than 900 contact hours, or more than a year and less than four</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Offers Associate's Degree: academic degree requiring more than two and less than four years of full-time study</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;"><SPAN>Offers Bachelor's Degree: academic degree usually requiring at least four but no more than five years of full-time study</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Offers PostBachelor's Degree: professional certificate after the completion of a Bachelor's degree</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Offers Master's Degree: graduate academic degree requiring two years after a Bachelor's degree</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Offers PostMaster's Degree: professional certificate after the completion of a Master's degree</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Offers Doctorate _research and scholarship: a doctorate or other doctor title requiring advanced work beyond a Master's degree (for example: Ed.D., DMA, DBA, D.Sc., DA o DM, among others, as designated by the awarding institution)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Offers Doctorate_professional practices: a doctor title awarded upon completion of a program that provides knowledge and skills necessary for the recognition, credential or license required for professional practice (for example: DC or DCM, DDS or DMD, JD, MD, OD, DO, Pharm.D., DPM, Pod.D. or DP, DVM, among others, as designated by the awarding institution)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Offers Doctorate_Others: a doctor title not included in other doctorate definitions (research/scholarship or professional practice)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Average cost of undergraduate tuition: average amount of annual tuition for undergraduate students, in dollars</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Cost of undergraduate credit hour: cost per undergraduate credit hour, in dollars</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Average cost of graduate tuition: average amount of annual tuition for graduate students, in dollars</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Cost of graduate credit hour: cost per graduate credit hour, in dollars</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Enrollment: amount of students enrolled for the first semester in postsecondary institutions in courses leading to a title or certificate</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Full_Time: amount of students enrolled with an academic load of 12 credits or more for undergraduates or 9 credits or more for graduates</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Partial: amount of students enrolled with an academic load of less than 12 credits for undergraduates or less than 9 credits for graduates</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Undergrad Enrollment: amount of students enrolled at a level equal to or lesser than Bachelor's degree</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>First_Year: amount of students enrolled as first years, coming from high school and with no previous experience in postsecondary institutions</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total degrees confered: total amunt of degrees awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total Associate's: amount of Associate's degrees awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total Bachelor's: amount of Bachelor's degrees awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total Master's: amount of Master's degrees awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total Doctorates: amount of Doctorate degrees awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total PTV Certificates: amount of professional, technical or vocational certificates awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Total Professional Certificates: amount of professional certificates awarded from 1 july through 30 june</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Percent undergrads received federal, state or local financial aid: percent of undergraduate students that received some form of federal, state or local financial aid during the previous year. Includes all types of aid</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Percent undergrads received Pell Grant: percent of undergraduate students that received Pell Grant during the previous year</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Percent undergrads with student loans: percent of undergraduate students that received student loans during the previous year</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Retention rate_Full Time: percent of full-time first year students that continued on to second year</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Retention rate_partial: percent of partial-partial first year students that continued on to second year</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Percent graduated_yyr inst_transf_2012 cohort: cohort that contains the number of students that enroll full-time into the institution, newly graduated from high school, with the intention of obtaining a certificate or degree and completes the program within 150 percent of the normal time (for example: for a four year degree (Bachelor's), 150 percent of the normal time is 6 years)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Percent graduated_2yr inst_transf_2015 cohort: cohort that contains the number of students that enroll full-time into the institution, newly graduated from high school, with the intention of obtaining a certificate or degree and completes the program within 150 percent of the normal time (for example: for a two year degree (Associate's), 150 percent of the normal time is 3 years)</SPAN></P></LI></UL><P /></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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