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Caribbean University-Bayamon

Private College in Bayamon, PR. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $22,842.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Caribbean University-Bayamon · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$22,842
Median debt at grad
$10,500
Graduation rate
42%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Caribbean University-Bayamon reach a median of $22,842 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 42% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $10,500, a light load against those earnings.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
71%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
11:1

Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$4,665
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
93%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
28%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 621 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $4,665 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,392 at $0–30k against $4,665 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $9,259, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 28% of students.

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.

% receiving grants
97%
Average grant
$5,170

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 $6,392
$30–48k $4,665
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 172 of these 621 students, totalling $914,881 — an average of $5,319 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Bayamón Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$559/mo
1 bedroom
$572/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$663/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
59
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Caribbean University-Bayamon

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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