Universidad Central del Caribe
Bayamon, Puerto Rico · allopathic (MD) medical school
Universidad Central del Caribe admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 501Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.8Average
- Applications received
- 1,2042025-2026
- Entering class
- 752025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 16.12025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 46.3%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 92%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
Universidad Central del Caribe MCAT and GPA
Universidad Central del Caribe reports average MCAT of 501 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.8 for its entering class.
- MCAT501 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 1st percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.8 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 45th percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$53,906 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 14th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size75 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 12th percentile of those programs.
A percentile here is against the programs that report the figure, not against every medical school and not against applicants. It says where the school sits among its reporting peers and nothing else.
Universidad Central del Caribe acceptance rate
PreMD does not publish an acceptance rate for individual schools. The free national sources publish applications and matriculants, not the number of offers a school made, so an acceptance rate cannot be calculated from them without inventing the missing number.
What can be published from those figures is the ratio: Universidad Central del Caribe received 1,204 applications for 75 seats in the entering class, or about 16.1 applications per seat.
Who Universidad Central del Caribe accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | Must be bilingual in Spanish and English. |
| Canadian Applicants | The required courses have to be equivalent to the US system as well as the grading system. All students must be fully bilingual in Spanish and English. |
| International Applicants | The required courses have to be equivalent to the US system as well as the grading system. All students must be fully bilingual in English and Spanish. |
| DACA Status Applicants | No policy stated |
Community college coursework: For courses to be accepted, the candidate has to transfer and finish all required courses at a four-year undergraduate institution.
Universidad Central del Caribe tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $41,869
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $53,906
- In-state cost of attendance
- $72,902
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $84,939
- In-state health insurance
- $2,814
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $2,814
- Students receiving aid
- 87%
- Average graduating debt
- $217,626
- Deposit, in state
- $100
- Deposit, out of state
- $100
A blank figure here means the school did not report it to the source PreMD tracks, never that it costs nothing. Check the school's own financial aid page before budgeting against it.
Universidad Central del Caribe application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $200
- Secondary deadline
- December 30, 2026
- Latest MCAT accepted
- January 22, 2027
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- January 2025
- Deposit due
- July 1, 2026
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- We are not using PREview scores in the admissions process
Who receives a secondary: All applicants
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Anthropology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Biochemistry | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Biology | Required | 8 | — |
| Cell Biology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Chemistry | Required | 8 | — |
| Genetics | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Histology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Mathematics | Required | 6 | — |
| Microbiology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Molecular Biology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Organic Chemistry | Required | 8 | — |
| Physics | Required | 8 | — |
| Psychology | Recommended | Not stated | — |
| Psychology | Recommended | Not stated | Sociology, Anthropology, and Economics are recommended. Please contact us for more information. |
| Zoology | Recommended | 8 | — |
Universidad Central del Caribe interview
The interviews of the program are in a Multiple Mini- Interview format through the Teams platform (MMI). The purpose of the interview is to collect information concerning the qualities of those applicants selected for an interview.
PreMD reads that as an MMI, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
every October (subject to change)
Professional dress code, minimum of one hour in lenght
- Regional interviews
- no
- Video interview
- No
Universidad Central del Caribe waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- Approximately between 60 and 100
- Acceptance offers made
- 20
All students included in the alternate list meet the minimum requirements for admission and were evaluated favorably by the Committee. The list is analyzed based on the ranking of the students.
Universidad Central del Caribe mission
To form competent health professionals with excellent academic preparation within a humanistic and holistic framework. Our guiding principle is to ensure that our graduates possess a strong sense of professionalism and commitment to their social duties, respecting the dignity of all human beings.
Universidad Central del Caribe rankings
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What this page publishes instead is the comparison above: where the school's own reported figures sit among the MD programs that report the same figure, with the count of reporting programs stated so the comparison can be judged.
Universidad Central del Caribe admissions contact
Office of AdmissionsSchool of MedicineBayamon, PR 00960-6032 USA(787) 798-3001 · [email protected]
Where this came from
- AAMC MSAR public school report
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-08-04.
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