Columbia Central University-Caguas
For-profit College in Caguas, PR. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $23,134.
Students who entered Columbia Central University-Caguas reach a median of $23,134 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,148 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 57% finish inside six years. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The part-time picture is harder: 52% return, against 63% full-time. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit four-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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,494 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,190 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,052 versus $12,377), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $5,715. 19% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 453 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 | $7,052 |
| $30–48k | $7,079 |
| $48–75k | $9,319 |
| $75–110k | $11,135 |
| $110k+ | $12,377 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 462 of these 2,494 students, totalling $2,565,036 — an average of $5,552 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Caguas 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)