Colegio Universitario
de San Juan
Public College in San Juan, PR. Six-year graduation rate 19%. Median 10-year earnings $26,510.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $26,510, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 19% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 19% — below national average
Admissions
Colegio Universitario de San Juan accepts 75% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 65, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 98% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 19% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 56% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 30% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 540 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $-778 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($-982 versus $5,317), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 78% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,940 — common but not automatic.
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 · 52 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 | $-982 |
| $30–48k | $-175 |
| $48–75k | $182 |
| $75–110k | $5,317 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Juan Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)