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  Bayamon Central University
Avenida Zaya Verde La Milagrosa Barrio Hato Tejas
Bayamon, PR 00959
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(787) 786-3030 Ext. 2100
(787) 786-3030 Ext. 2115
(787) 786-3030 Ext. 2100

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Associate degree, Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate, Bachelor degree, Master's degree
Carnegie classification: Master's Colleges and Universities (smaller programs)
Number of students: 2,913 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$15.00

About this School
The Bayamon Central University —or Universidad Central de Bayamón (UCB) in Spanish— is a private, catholic, and non-profit university in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1961 by the Dominican Order as a community college of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico (today known as the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico). The university became autonomous on September 1, 1970, and is currently accredited by the Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and by the Congregation of Catholic Education.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$3,880$3,880$3,880
Out of State$3,880$3,880$3,880
Books and Supplies$1,250$1,250$1,125
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus
Room and board$4,050$4,050$4,050
Other Expenses$2,850$2,850$2,850
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$2,850$2,850$2,850

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 94% $2,269
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 62% $502
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 3% $1,398
Loans to students 12% $2,524
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Associate degree Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN): A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administr...

Associate degree
Management Information Systems
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Associate degree Management Information Systems, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to provide and manage data systems and related facilities for processing and retrieving internal business information; select systems and train personnel; and respond to external data requ...

Associate degree
Educational + Instructional Media Design
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Associate degree Educational + Instructional Media Design: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of creating instructional products and related educational resources in various formats or combinations such as film, video, recording, text, art, CD-ROM, computer software, vir...

Associate degree
Computer Programming + Programmer
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Associate degree Computer Programming + Programmer, General: A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and progr...

Associate degree
Business + Commerce
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Associate degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private...

Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Associate degree Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, wor...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Pre-Medicine + Pre-Medical Studies
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Less-than-4-year certificate Pre-Medicine + Pre-Medical Studies: A program that prepares individuals for admission to a first-professional program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatric medicine.

Bachelor degree
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language + ESL Language Instructor
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language + ESL Language Instructor: A program that focuses on the principles and practice of teaching English to students who are not proficient in English or who do not speak, read or write English, and that may prepare individuals to ...

Bachelor degree
Teacher Education + Profess Development, Subject Areas, Other.
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Teacher Education + Profess Development, Subject Areas, Other: Any instructional program in teacher education, specific academic and vocational programs not listed in the Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, General category.

Bachelor degree
Special Education and Teaching
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Special Education and Teaching, General: A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education ...

Bachelor degree
Spanish Language Teacher Education
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Spanish Language Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach Spanish language programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Social Work
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Social Work: A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in ...

Bachelor degree
Science Teacher Education + General Science Teacher Education
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Science Teacher Education + General Science Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach general science programs, or a combination of the biological and physical science subject matter areas, at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Religion + Religious Studies
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; s...

Bachelor degree
Public Administration
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Public Administration: A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in the roles, development, an...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of t...

Bachelor degree
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Physical Education Teaching and Coaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach physical education programs and/or to coach sports at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applicat...

Bachelor degree
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene: A program that prepares public health specialists to monitor and evaluate health and related safety standards in industrial, commercial, and government workplaces and facilities. Includes instruction in occupational health and safe...

Bachelor degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN): A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administra...

Bachelor degree
Natural Sciences
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Natural Sciences: A program with a combined or undifferentiated focus on one or more of the physical and biological sciences.

Bachelor degree
Mathematics Teacher Education
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Mathematics Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Marketing + Marketing Management
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Marketing + Marketing Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of ma...

Bachelor degree
Management Information Systems
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Management Information Systems, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to provide and manage data systems and related facilities for processing and retrieving internal business information; select systems and train personnel; and respond to external data reque...

Bachelor degree
Kindergarten + Preschool Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Kindergarten + Preschool Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in formal settings prior to beginning regular elementary school, usually ranging in age from three to six years (or grade one), depending on the school system or state regul...

Bachelor degree
Junior High + Intermediate + Middle School Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Junior High + Intermediate + Middle School Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the middle, intermediate or junior high grades, which may include grades four through nine by regulation.

Bachelor degree
Journalism
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Journalism: A program that focuses on the theory and practice of gathering, processing, and delivering news and that prepares individuals to be professional print journalists, news editors, and news managers. Includes instruction in news writing and editing; reporting; photo...

Bachelor degree
Human Resources Management + Personnel Administration
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Human Resources Management + Personnel Administration, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to manage the development of human capital in organizations, and to provide related services to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in personnel and organiz...

Bachelor degree
Finance
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Finance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial ...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Science
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Environmental Science: A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and...

Bachelor degree
English + Language Arts Teacher Education
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree English + Language Arts Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education ...

Bachelor degree
Educational + Instructional Media Design
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Educational + Instructional Media Design: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques of creating instructional products and related educational resources in various formats or combinations such as film, video, recording, text, art, CD-ROM, computer software, virt...

Bachelor degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Early Childhood Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, ac...

Bachelor degree
Business + Commerce
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private ...

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety o...

Bachelor degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word...

Bachelor degree
Accounting
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Bachelor degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax acc...

Master's degree
Theology + Theological Studies
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Theology + Theological Studies: A program that focuses on the beliefs and doctrine of a particular religious faith from the intramural point of view of that faith. Includes instruction in systematic theology, historical theology, moral theology, doctrinal studies, dogmatics,...

Master's degree
Theological and Ministral Studies
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Theological and Ministral Studies: Any instructional program in theological and ministerial studies not listed above, including preparation for religious vocations in faiths other than Christianity and Judaism.

Master's degree
Special Education and Teaching
Other
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Special Education and Teaching, Other: Any instructional program in special education not listed in the Special Education and Teaching, General category.

Master's degree
Special Education and Teaching
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Special Education and Teaching, General: A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education ...

Master's degree
Psychology
Other
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Psychology, Other: Any instructional program in psychology not listed in the Psychology, General category.

Master's degree
Psychology
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of t...

Master's degree
Pastoral Studies + Counseling
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Pastoral Studies + Counseling: A program that focuses on the theory and principles of pastoral care and prepares ordained clergy to provide non-clinical pastoral counseling to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in pastoral leadership, counseling psychology; crisis ...

Master's degree
Marketing + Marketing Management
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Marketing + Marketing Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of ma...

Master's degree
Kindergarten + Preschool Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Kindergarten + Preschool Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in formal settings prior to beginning regular elementary school, usually ranging in age from three to six years (or grade one), depending on the school system or state regul...

Master's degree
Human Resources Management + Personnel Administration
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Human Resources Management + Personnel Administration, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to manage the development of human capital in organizations, and to provide related services to individuals and groups. Includes instruction in personnel and organiz...

Master's degree
Finance
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Finance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial ...

Master's degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education ...

Master's degree
Educational Administration and Supervision
Other
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Educational Administration and Supervision, Other: Any instructional program in education administration and supervision not listed in the Educational Administration and Supervision, General category.

Master's degree
Education + Teaching of Individuals with Autism
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Education + Teaching of Individuals with Autism: A program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with autism, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. Includes instruction in identifying students with autism, developing indivi...

Master's degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Early Childhood Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.

Master's degree
Counselor Education + School Counseling and Guidance Services
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Counselor Education + School Counseling and Guidance Services: A program that prepares individuals to apply the theory and principles of guidance and counseling to the provision of support for the personal, social, educational, and vocational development of students, and the ...

Master's degree
Counseling Psychology
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Counseling Psychology: A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. I...

Master's degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, ac...

Master's degree
Business + Commerce
General
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private ...

Master's degree
Bible + Biblical Studies
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Bible + Biblical Studies: A program that focuses on the Christian and/or Jewish Bible and related literature, with an emphasis on understanding and interpreting the theological, doctrinal, and ethical messages contained therein. May include preparation for applying these stu...

Master's degree
Accounting
Bayamon Central University

General Description for:
Bayamon Central University Master's degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax acc...

 
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