Universidad Adventista
de las Antillas
Private College in Mayaguez, PR. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $28,465.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $28,465, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 36% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $15,750, 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
Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 232, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 52% 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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Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. 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 23% 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. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 768 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,870 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 — $9,519 at $0–30k against $13,334 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $6,754 on average. About 26% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 83 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 | $9,519 |
| $30–48k | $10,903 |
| $48–75k | $12,494 |
| $75–110k | $13,334 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 200 of these 768 students, totalling $1,107,665 — an average of $5,538 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mayagüez 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)