University of Puerto Rico-Carolina Earnings: $29K (2026)

How much do University of Puerto Rico-Carolina graduates earn?

The reported median is $28,995 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is -$28,306 per year.

Return is the weakest 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 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.

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.

An estimated 24.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $28,995
Rank for difference from expectations: 22nd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina reported median: $28,995
Peer schools comparable schools · $28,306 above University of Puerto Rico-Carolina: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $9,059 above University of Puerto Rico-Carolina: $38,054

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $22,410
Median · reported: $28,995
Higher estimate: $42,165

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do University of Puerto Rico-Carolina graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina graduates’ reported earnings are $9,059 below that expectation, the 22nd percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of Puerto Rico-Carolina caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of Puerto Rico-Carolina report the highest earnings?

Business accounts for 33.2% of degrees awarded, followed by Security & Protective Services at 27.6% and Psychology at 21.6%. Across all fields, 11.5% of degrees are in STEM.

Hospitality Administration/Management is the highest-earning program at $36,742 four years after completion, from 59 degrees awarded. That is 0.65x the national median for its field.

Criminal Justice is next at $32,928, with 78 degrees awarded. The largest program, Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, awards 86 degrees a year and shows median earnings of $26,214, or 0.52x the national median.

At the lower end of the largest programs with published earnings, Business Administration and Management reports $21,492 from 29 degrees awarded.

Business accounts for 33.2% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Security & Protective Services at 27.6% and Psychology at 21.6%. The university has 6 programs with published earnings data.

The largest single program is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, at 86 degrees awarded. Its completers earn a median of $26,214 four years after completion.

Hospitality Administration/Management is both the highest-earning program and the third-largest, with 59 degrees awarded and median earnings of $36,742. Criminal Justice is the second-largest program at 78 degrees awarded, and its completers earn a median of $32,928 four years after completion.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $22,410 to a typical outcome of $28,995 and an upside of $42,165. The spread shows how much field of study can matter.

Hospitality Administration/Management sits at the high end with $36,742 four years after completion. Among the largest programs with published earnings, Business Administration and Management is at $21,492.

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.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.