A significant number of students at UPRMS receive some kind of financial aid, and the total amount of assistance/loans provided is more than $400,896 in a year. One can visit UPRMS's financial aid page at http://de.rcm.upr.edu/asistencia-economica/contactenos/ for more information. And, for the Pell Grant awardees, the average aid amount is $4,999. Among other things, the annual family income of the applicant plays a major role in determining the total financial aid they are actually eligible to receive. In addition to financial grants and scholarship schemes, students can also avail of monetary benefits like student loans to pay for their education. However, student loans attract a certain rate of interest at which the funds are borrowed. Moreover, the funds received through these loans will have to be repaid within a given timeframe.