University of
Puerto Rico-Utuado
Public Community College in Utuado, PR. Six-year graduation rate 26%. Median 10-year earnings $23,906.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $23,906, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 26% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. 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 0.15 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 26% — below national average
Admissions
64% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 326 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 55% 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
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A six-year graduation rate of 26% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 46% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 309 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,441 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($13,564 versus $14,709), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $7,492. Only 6% 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 · 100 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 | $13,564 |
| $30–48k | $13,567 |
| $48–75k | $14,709 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 20 of these 309 students, totalling $85,500 — an average of $4,275 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Utuado 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)