Inter American
University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Private College in Mercedita, PR. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $26,721.
Students who entered Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce reach a median of $26,721 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 37% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,375 — 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce admits 34% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in three applicants are turned away. Only 1,251 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 85% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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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Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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. A 22:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,602 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,118 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,685 at $0–30k, $13,540 at $75–110k. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $6,107, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 18% 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 · 459 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 | $8,685 |
| $30–48k | $9,595 |
| $48–75k | $11,557 |
| $75–110k | $13,540 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 457 of these 2,602 students, totalling $1,924,719 — an average of $4,212 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ponce 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)