Caribbean University-Carolina
Private College in Carolina, PR. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $22,842.
Students who entered Caribbean University-Carolina reach a median of $22,842 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 112 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,791 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $30–48k bands is narrow ($7,635 versus $5,791), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $5,140 on average. 34% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 15 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 | $7,635 |
| $30–48k | $5,791 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 38 of these 112 students, totalling $242,597 — an average of $6,384 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Carolina Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026