CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC OF PUERTO RICO A-13

350 Rafael Lamar St at FDR Ave
San Juan, PR 00918
Tel: (787)751-0160; Admissions: (787)751-0160

Description: Commonwealth-supported, 4-year, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1959. Setting: 6-acre urban campus. Endowment: $465,949. Total enrollment: 266. Full-time: 203 students, 33% women, 67% men. Part-time: 63 students, 25% women, 75% men. 98% from out-of-commonwealth, 100% Hispanic, 42% 25 or older, 8% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs. Off campus study at Sacred Heart University. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview, audition, music and theory examinations, SAT I, SAT II: Subject Tests. Required for some: essay, minimum 2.50 high school GPA. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/6.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $25. Tuition: $60 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $170 full-time, $85 per term part-time. Area resident tuition: $1440 full-time. Mandatory fees: $170 full-time, $85 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment: Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Anaurg Veray Music Library plus 1 other with 24,865 books, 19 microform titles, 75 serials, 4,910 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2002-03: $405,233. 12 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed.