The University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPR-Mayaguez), the second largest campus of the University of Puerto Rico System, was selected by PR-LSAMP as the second site for the 2004 BDP fellowships.  Located in the western part of the Island, UPR-Mayaguez enrolled a total of 11,079 undergraduate students and 1,069 graduate students in the Fall of 2003. Forty percent of its undergraduate students are enrolled in the School of Engineering, the main and largest school of engineering in Puerto Rico.  In 2004, UPR-Mayaguez awarded 1,063 BS degrees in STEM fields.  At the graduate level, 170 MS degrees and 11 PhD degrees were awarded in 2003.

UPR-Mayaguez awards bachelor's degrees in agriculture, arts, sciences, business administration and engineering with 56 areas of specialization; master's degrees in 45 areas of specialization and doctoral degrees in 4 areas of specialization.

Thirteen percent of the Hispanics nationwide who obtained a PhD in an Engineering field received their BS at UPR-Mayaguez.