Doctor of Chiropractic program at Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Every figure below is the college's own, with the document it came from and the date that document was checked.
https://www.uccaribe.edu/academics/ · checked 2026-09-18
The Universidad Central del Caribe is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, located at 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000) www.msche.org. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Next visit by March 2027.
Next Self Study Evaluation: 2027-2028
Next visit by March 2027.
The Universidad Central del Caribe is authorized by the Council of Education of Puerto Rico (CE-PR) and is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE).
CE-PR Licensing status (now JIPS):
Approved license from July 28, 2022, to July 27, 2027; Next visit in 2027.
The following are final accreditation actions taken by the Council at its Semi-Annual Meeting:It lists
Universidad Central Del Caribe - Doctor of Chiropractic Programwith the action
Continued:
Following the status review meeting, the Council conducted deliberations and reached a consensus decision to continue the accreditation of the UCC doctor of chiropractic degree program.https://www.cce-usa.org/uploads/1/0/6/5/106500339/2025-08-08_accreditation_actions_announcement.pdf · checked 2026-10-05 No later announcement listed on CCE’s news pages names this program.
https://www.uccaribe.edu/academics/ · checked 2026-09-18
Pursuant to federal regulation 34 CFR 668.43, Universidad Central del Caribe must provide students with up-to-date information regarding the requirements for obtaining a state chiropractic license. This information is also provided to new students during the admissions process. The UCC Doctor of Chiropractic program meets the licensure requirements in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories.
The school is approved by the Puerto Rico State Approving Agency to provide academic training to the students under the various GI Bill® programs
Not published, and the reason matters. UCC has one campus, and NO LIVING-EXPENSE BUDGET WAS FOUND ANYWHERE in what was checked: "Housing", "housing", "Food", "food", "Room", "Transportation", transportation
, "Cost of Attendance" and cost of attendance
each occur ZERO times on catalog page 67, and "Cost of Attendance" and cost of attendance
occur zero times on the financial aid page.
SO R14 APPLIES AND IS STATED RATHER THAN IGNORED: the living-arrangement question is not asked anywhere in these documents, because no indirect-cost budget is published at all. This is not a college publishing one housing figure where others publish two; it is a college publishing no housing figure. The cell is not-published on that basis and not as a finding about how UCC treats living arrangements.
THE GAP UCC DOES PUBLISH IS BY RESIDENCY, WHICH IS NEITHER CAMPUS NOR LIVING ARRANGEMENT, and it is recorded here rather than left out: $33,600.00 per year for residents of Puerto Rico against $43,793.00 per year for non-residents. Both are published tuition figures; the difference between them is not computed.
The only published cost split for the D.C. programme is by residency, quoted in full under f1b: resident $33,600.00 per year, non-resident $43,793.00 per year. Every fee in the list is a single figure with no second column. No housing, food, transportation, books or personal-expense figure is published in the documents checked.
textTuition for the whole program. not-published The document checked carries no figure of this kind for this program.
textCost of attendance for the whole program. not-published The document checked carries no figure of this kind for this program.
textAnnual tuition. published $33,600.00 (resident of Puerto Rico) / $43,793.00 (non-resident) | Published as two annual figures split by residency: Tuition for resident chiropractic students of Puerto Rico is $33,600.00 per year, while tuition for non-resident chiropractic students is $43,793.00 per year.
Both are recorded because the college publishes both; neither is chosen over the other and the difference between them is not computed.
How the figures are shown. published
Neither a term nor a programme total: tuition is published PER YEAR, for two residency classes, with per-year fees beside it. The catalog states the programme's shape elsewhere - Successful completion of four full academic years will be required for graduation
and Credits as stipulated by the program of study; 209 credits minimum
(p. 50) - and the CCE Policy 56 document gives Normal Length of Program: 8 Semesters
.
THE CATALOG SPANS FIVE YEARS. Its running header on every page reads Institutional Catalog 2025-2030
, and the file is dated amended March 2026
. So the tuition figures sit inside a five-year document with an amendment date rather than under an academic-year label, and a reader cannot tell from the tuition section which year the figures are for.
Is a prior year shown beside the current one?
No. The tuition section publishes one set of figures with no earlier year beside it. The only years named in the fee list are the dates two fees became non-refundable - (non-refundable beginning on academic year 2018-2019)
for the D.C. admission fee - which is a fee's own history, not a prior-year price.
textQualifier attached to the figures. not-published
No qualifier attaches to the figures as published. The catalog states The UCC reserves the right to revise tuition and fee costs as necessary after the publication of this Catalog
- which is a future-change clause and is recorded in tuition_adjustment_notice, not here. Nothing in the tuition section calls the figures estimates or approximate.
Are board or licensure examination fees inside the published cost of attendance? published No. No board or examination fee appears in the Doctor of Chiropractic tuition and fee list, and the words are absent from all three tuition pages of the catalog.
Mechanism recorded: none shown
The catalog's tuition section is headed Applicable Tuition and Fees for:
and gives the D.C. programme its own block. The fee list is: Admission, with application $200.00; Construction and Maintenance of facilities (per year) $850.00; Deposit to hold a place (non-refundable) $100.00; Endowment fee (per year) $700.00; General fee (per year) $700.00; Graduation fee $400.00; Laboratory fee (per year) $2,000.00; Orientation activity fee (First year) $400.00; Readmission, with application $100.00; Technology resources (per year) $700.00. No board, licensure or examination fee among them. "NBCE", National Board
, licensing exam
and Licensing exam
occur zero times on catalog pages 67, 68 and 69 - tested.
THE QUESTION IS DEMONSTRABLY ASKED IN THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THE ABSENCE MEANINGFUL (R14). On the SAME PAGE, the School of Medicine's fee list carries a named examination line - NBME Reposition Exam $225.00
. So UCC does itemize an examination fee for one of its doctoral programmes and does not for the other.
AND THE CATALOG REQUIRES THE EXAMINATIONS. Page 50, under Doctor of Chiropractic Program: graduation requires having obtained at least a grade of C in all required courses and having passed NBCE Parts 1 and 2
, and Licensing examinations: Required all students to take the NBCE Part 1 for promotion to the third year of studies, and passing the NBCE parts 1, 2 & 3 for graduation from the program.
So the NBCE is a condition of promotion and of graduation, and its cost appears nowhere in what the college publishes about what the programme costs.
textThe program’s own rate table. published Recorded as: no
Mechanism recorded for that table: none shown
UCC publishes no separate programme rate table on the web: the catalog's tuition block is the programme's tuition and fee statement, so both f1 columns rest on the same document and agree.
Tuition is published as an ANNUAL figure split by Puerto Rico residency: Tuition for resident chiropractic students of Puerto Rico is $33,600.00 per year, while tuition for non-resident chiropractic students is $43,793.00 per year. Other fees are:
The fee list carries no board row, as recorded under f1. Recorded as an agreement.
textPublished at the head of the tuition section, above all the programme blocks: The UCC reserves the right to revise tuition and fee costs as necessary after the publication of this Catalog.
It reserves the right, names no notice period and promises no notice. Its placement matters and is recorded: it sits under Applicable Tuition and Fees for:
and therefore governs every programme block that follows, including the D.C. one.
texthttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/ · checked 2026-09-18
The DC program is a rigorous eight academic semester doctoral program that can be completed in eight semesters.
https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/doctor-of-chiropracticprogram-curriculum/ · checked 2026-09-18
Credit Distribution by Academic Year
https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/academic-program/ · checked 2026-09-18
Successful completion of the eight academic semesters will be required for graduation. This includes having obtained at least a grade of C in all required courses; and to pass the NBCE Part 1, 2 and 3.
Early Admissions: January 15th, 2027
Admission Application Deadline: March 1st, 2027
https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-09-18
Applicants must demonstrate fluency in speaking, reading, and writing in both Spanish and English. This is essential since lectures are conducted in either language, even though Spanish is the predominant language of the institution. Furthermore, the required clinical experiences are nearly always conducted in Spanish.
Statements not tied to one route
Applicants must have achieved a Bachelor’s Degree in a college or university accredited by the corresponding US Department of Education accrediting body or an equivalent foreign agency.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
Biology…
8 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
General or Inorganic Chemistry…
8 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
Organic Chemistry…
8 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
Physics…
8 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
Mathematics…
6 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
Spanish…
6 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
English…
9 semester hoursOne of two statements the program publishes on this; the other is marked the same way. https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following::
Behavioral and Social Sciences in (Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Sciences or Economics).…
12 semester hourshttps://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Applicants must have an approved bachelor’s degree from a college or university accredited by the Board of Postsecondary Institutions or the corresponding US accrediting agency.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 32 · checked 2026-10-03
Total coursework must include the following: Courses Credits Comments
Behavioral and Social Sciences in Psychology 12 Basic introductory courses in Social Sciences may not be substituted for the credit hours stipulated.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Biology 8 Basic introductory courses in Biological Sciences may not be substituted for the required credit hours.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
English 9 Six (6) semester hours in approved honors courses in English, with a grade of A or B per semester, may substitute for the twelve (12) semester hours required.One of two statements the program publishes on this; the other is marked the same way. https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
General or Inorganic Chemistry 8 -https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Mathematics 6 -https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Organic Chemistry 8 -https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Physics 8 Basic introductory courses in the Physical Sciences may not be substituted for the stipulated credit hours.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Spanish 6 -https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Route 1
The applicant must have a minimum general grade point average of 3.00 or above on a scale where A =4.0 (including all courses taken at college/university level).https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
The applicant must have a minimum science grade point average of 2.50 on a scale where A =4.0.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
All academic requirements must be completed no later than the end of the second semester of the academic year preceding admission.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
The applicant must have a minimum general grade point average of 3.00 or above on a scale where A=4.0 (including all courses taken at college/university level).https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 32 · checked 2026-10-03
The applicant must have a minimum science grade point average of 2.50 or above on a scale where A=4.0 (including all courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics taken at the college/university level with a grade point average of 2.00 or above in each course).https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 32 · checked 2026-10-03
Route 2 — Early Admissions
1. The early applicant must have a minimum general grade point average of 3.40 or above on a scale where A =4.0 (including all courses taken at college/university level).https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
2. The early applicant must have a minimum science grade point average of 3.25 or above on a scale where A =4.0 (including all courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics,…
and Mathematics taken at the college/university level with a grade point average of 2.00 or above in each individual course).https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
All academic requirements must be completed at the time of application.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
The program also publishes, on these pages
Applicants must demonstrate fluency in speaking, reading, and writing in both Spanish and English. This is essential since lectures are conducted in either language, even though Spanish is the predominant language of the institution. Furthermore, the required clinical experiences are nearly always conducted in Spanish.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Each student admitted to begin the DCP on the basis of academic credentials from institutions outside the United States must meet the following requirements:https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Students Transferring from Another Institution or Seeking Advanced Standing:https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Two formal letters of recommendation, one of which must come from a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), sent to the Admissions Office (See the recommendation form). Recommendation letters from the DC will be accompanied by an evaluation rubric that consist of at least 8 hours of shadowing with the DC.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
UCC Doctor of Chiropractic Online Admissions Formhttps://www.uccaribe.edu/chiropractic-application/ · checked 2026-10-04
The payment of a $200.00 non-refundable application fee is established at our institution.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Students who apply through the Early Admissions Track will receive an application fee waiver.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Late Application $150https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SoQ_TF-structure-2025.pdf · checked 2026-10-04
To guarantee enrollment upon acceptance, the candidate must make a $100.00 non-refundable deposit.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Early Admissions: January 15th, 2027https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Admission Application Deadline: March 1st, 2027https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
An institutional application for the Chiropractic Program, no later than May 1st, directly to the Admissions Office.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
The interview is in person and by invitation only; we use the modality of Multiple Mini Interview.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Demonstrate academic preparation substantially equivalent to that possessed by students admitted from United States institutions through the validation of credentials by corresponding agencies.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Foreign applicants must submit all required documentation through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) to meet all legal requirements for study in the United States.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Admissions for transfer students are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Credits accepted for transfer must have been awarded within five years of the date of admission to the UCC SoDC.https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
From the domain CCE links, https://www.uccaribe.edu/, the link to /soc/ (labelled Doctorate in Chiropractic
on the homepage and titled School of Chiropractic
). On that page the link Exam Success and Degree Completion Rates
goes to https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCE-Policy-56-at-July-2026.pdf.
Destination form: a 1-page PDF with a text layer of 1,100 characters and one image. It is headed UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE / Doctor of Chiropractic Program
, dated "July 2026", and carries two tables: Policy 56 / Licensing Exam Success Rates
with columns for calendar year, number of graduates and the number and percentage passing, and DC Degree Completion Rates
with Columns A-E ending in Completion Rate at the 150th Percentile
and stating Normal Length of Program: 8 Semesters
. A footnote defines the measure: * NBCE Parts I, II, III, and IV.
No rate is transcribed into this dataset: field 5 asks for the route.
textNumber of Graduates Passing All Parts of Licensing exams* or are licensed to practice chiropractic within six (6) months post-graduation
, with the footnote * NBCE Parts I, II, III, and IV.
ALL PARTS, or licensure, SIX-MONTH window, NBCE only - no Canadian board.
https://www.uccaribe.edu/students-interest-group/ · checked 2026-09-18
International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA)
KTC (Kairos Training Culture)
Motion Palpation Institution Club
What was reachable. reachable; 6 URLs at HTTP 200. robots.txt disallows only /wp-admin/. The Institutional Catalog is a 255-page PDF with a text layer on EVERY page - zero empty pages - so nothing in this row is image-only. The catalog has a Spanish filename (CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL) and English contents. The CCE Policy 56 PDF is 1 page with a text layer of 1,100 characters.
Where the route starts. DAPIP institutions endpoint, WebAddress. Old domain as recorded from the superseded, disallowed source: https://www.uccaribe.edu/. Permitted domain: www.uccaribe.edu. Hosts match; route stands with the permitted source cited.
Two formal letters of recommendation, one of which must come from a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), sent to the Admissions Office (See the recommendation form).https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
Recommendation letters from the DC will be accompanied by an evaluation rubric that consist of at least 8 hours of shadowing with the DC.Form of contact: in a practice. https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/admissions-requirements/ · checked 2026-10-03
A minimum of two (2) letters, preferably from science faculty members and a chiropractic physician.https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf · p. 33 · checked 2026-10-03
Sources. Universidad Central del Caribe’s own published pages and documents, each linked in the field it answers and each carrying the date it was checked: https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf (pp. 50, 67) · https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CATALOGO_INSTITUCIONAL_-2025-2030_amended_March2026.pdf (p. 67) · https://www.uccaribe.edu/students/?page_id=1144 · https://www.uccaribe.edu/ · https://www.uccaribe.edu/soc/ · https://www.uccaribe.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/CCE-Policy-56-at-July-2026.pdf. Documents were read as bytes; where a document could not be read as bytes that is recorded in the field, and the field states unverified rather than a figure. Fields marked unverified were not established in this pass and are not filled in from anywhere else. Rates are set by the college and are subject to change; check the college’s current page before budgeting, and confirm accreditation with the accrediting council and licensure requirements with the relevant state board rather than with any third party, including us.
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