Polytechnic University
of Puerto Rico-Orlando
Private College in Orlando, FL. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $47,540.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,540 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,564, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 38% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. A 17% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 5:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. 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 102 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,577 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,917 at $0–30k, $21,955 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 71% of students at an average of $3,163. 64% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 8 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 | $16,917 |
| $30–48k | $15,897 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $21,955 |
| $110k+ | $21,955 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 65 of these 102 students, totalling $511,546 — an average of $7,870 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — 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)