Nova College
de Puerto Rico
For-profit College in Bayamon, PR. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $20,251.
Ten-year median earnings of $20,251 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 62%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 238 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,809 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,063 at $0–30k against $2,727 at $30–48k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $6,326 on average.
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 · 74 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 | $6,063 |
| $30–48k | $2,727 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bayamón Municipio) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026