College · Private nonprofit · Ponce, PR · City
Caribbean University-Ponce
Ponce, PR
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$18k
Net price / yr$5k
Undergrad size414
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $5k/yr for a shot at a $18k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
414 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $10k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $5k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$40k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$20k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$20k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $8.8k
- Books & supplies
- $2,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants71%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans34%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$11k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr37%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$18k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$23k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 414
- Location
- Ponce, PR
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
First-gen students50%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time33%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$0k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 14
What you can study.