American Educational College
For-profit College in Bayamon, PR. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $17,172.
Ten-year median earnings of $17,172 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 47% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
47% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 44% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 231 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 231 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,859 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,851 at $0–30k against $8,335 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $3,581, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 156 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,851 |
| $30–48k | $8,084 |
| $48–75k | $8,335 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bayamón Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026