Return is the weakest pillar for University of Puerto Rico-Carolina, at the 1st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Among federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after completion is $28,995, in the 1st percentile.
The comparable median (same type and size) is $57,301, and the university sits $28,306 below. Graduates earn about $9,059 less than the model expects for similar students.
That gap is in the 22nd percentile. The median is below both the peer level and the model's expectation.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $378. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,437. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $249.
Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after finishing is $28,995 at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina, drawn from 123 completers. That is $28,306 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The figure sits at the 1st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,059 less than the model expects for similar students.
That result is at the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $22,410 on the downside to $42,165 on the upside, with a typical scenario of $28,995.
An estimated 24.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Among federally aided graduates of University of Puerto Rico-Carolina who are working and not enrolled, the median earnings four years after completing a degree are $28,995. That figure sits at the 1st percentile among ranked nonprofit four-year institutions.
The university falls $28,306 below the $57,301 median posted by comparable institutions (same type and size) overall. Azimuth ranks the university #1,466 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $9,059 less than the model expects for similar students. That places the earnings gap at the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $378. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $9,437 overall.
Within the measured factors, the STEM component alone adds $249. The bachelor's degrees awarded here cluster in business, security and protective services, and in psychology fields.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from a downside scenario of $22,410 to an upside scenario of $42,165 across programs. An estimated 24.2% of graduates continue on to graduate study afterward, based on the program mix.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $22,410 on the downside to $42,165 on the upside. These are scenarios, not observed groups of graduates, and they show the spread that program choice can make.
At the higher end, Hospitality Administration/Management graduates earn a median of $36,742 four years after completion, from 59 degrees awarded. Criminal Justice follows at $32,928, with 78 degrees awarded.
The largest program, Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, sits at $26,214.
The value question at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina turns on very low borrowing, not on high earnings. Borrowers who finish hold a median of $5,500 in federal loans, $15,729 below the $21,229 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
If repaid over ten years, the estimated payment is $63 a month. The published cost of attendance is $19,396.
After grants and scholarships, aid recipients in the lowest income band pay $12,287 on average, and those in the highest band pay $18,229, a spread of $5,942. Completers earn about $9,059 less than the model expects for similar students.
The return pillar is at the 1st percentile, the weakest of the four. Affordability is at the 97th percentile.