College · Private nonprofit · Barranquitas, PR · Suburb
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas
Barranquitas, PR
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate86%
6-yr median pay$18k
Net price / yr$9k
Undergrad size937
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $9k/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 86% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
937 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
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.
Payback1.9x
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 grants88%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans11%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$5k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $3k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr38%
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 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
- 937
- Location
- Barranquitas, PR
- Region
- Outlying Areas (AS, FM, GU, MH, MP, PR, PW, VI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · 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 students51%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time15%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$0k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 17
What you can study.