Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce

Founded in 1948, the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is a private Catholic university whose main campus is in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in education, business administration, the sciences, and arts and humanities, and includes schools of law and architecture. The university also has campuses in Arecibo and Mayagüez and a satellite extension in Coamo; it received its current pontifical name in 1991 after Pope John Paul II bestowed the title on it.