College · Private nonprofit · Aguadilla, PR · Suburb
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
Aguadilla, PR
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate42%
6-yr median pay$23k
Net price / yr$9k
Undergrad size2,906
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $9k/yr for a shot at a $23k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 42% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
2,906 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $16k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $9k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$64k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$35k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$29k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $5.7k
- Books & supplies
- $2,460
How students pay for it.
Pell grants83%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans12%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$6k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $5k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$23k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$25k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out1%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,906
- Location
- Aguadilla, PR
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
First-gen students43%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time13%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$6k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 29
What you can study.