Puerto Rico
Conservatory of Music
Public College in San Juan, PR. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $19,474.
Ten-year median earnings of $19,474 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $8,875, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
78% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 97 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 87% 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
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 88% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 17% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 4:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 308 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,260 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $7,144 at $0–30k, $7,920 at $75–110k. 68% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,458 — common but not automatic. 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 · 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 | $7,144 |
| $30–48k | $5,875 |
| $48–75k | $8,875 |
| $75–110k | $7,920 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 33 of these 308 students, totalling $141,271 — an average of $4,281 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Juan 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)