Inter American
University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas
Private College in Barranquitas, PR. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $23,204.
Ten-year median earnings of $23,204 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $5,200 — 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 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 86% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 491, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 56% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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
Apply at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas →Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 73% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 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. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 919 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,894 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,455 at $0–30k against $13,301 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $6,759, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 11% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 215 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 | $8,455 |
| $30–48k | $9,341 |
| $48–75k | $11,712 |
| $75–110k | $13,301 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 98 of these 919 students, totalling $375,618 — an average of $3,833 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Barranquitas 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)