Mech-Tech College
For-profit Community College in Caguas, PR. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $24,967.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $24,967, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 72% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $3,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.14 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 79% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 23:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. With 2,246 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,246 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $10,605 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $10,328 at $0–30k against $17,377 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $6,490, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 9% 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 · 925 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 | $10,328 |
| $30–48k | $11,323 |
| $48–75k | $13,420 |
| $75–110k | $17,009 |
| $110k+ | $17,377 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 209 of these 2,246 students, totalling $739,294 — an average of $3,537 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)