Central del Caribe (UCC)

Tuition: $48,000 (per year, nonresident)
Out-of-state applicants: Welcome

Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine Bayamon, PR · Private · MD

Deadlines

Take the Spanish requirement literally. UCC's catalog says lectures can be in either language and that clinical experiences are nearly always in Spanish, and the interview is where they check. If you'd rate your spoken Spanish as satisfactory rather than excellent on their form, this may not be the right school.
Don't plan around late December. AMCAS must process your application by Dec. 1, and transcripts have to reach Bayamón by mail or email on top of that. Get everything in by early December.
Check your AMCAS legal residence before you submit. If it shows a state outside Puerto Rico, you're a non-resident for all four years, and the gap in 2025-26 tuition was $35,963 against $48,000. A Puerto Rico mailing address doesn't change it.
Look at the board numbers before you commit. UCC's own outcomes page reports a 61% first-time Step 1 pass rate for 2024-25 and 87% for Step 2. Ask at the interview what support the school gives for Step 1.