Azimuth places the return pillar for University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras in the 3rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled show a median of $36,313 four years after completion, at the 3rd percentile.
The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $57,301, and earnings here run $20,988 below that median. Graduates earn about $2,749 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the result in the 44th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,998.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,747. The STEM component of the measured factors adds $1,405.
The median for federally aided completers at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras who are working and not enrolled four years after completion is $36,313. The earnings cohort includes 1,959 completers.
Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that figure is at the 3rd percentile. Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a median of $57,301.
That leaves this median $20,988 below the peer level. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix stretch from $27,329 on the downside to $52,629 on the upside.
The typical earnings scenario lands at $36,313 for the program mix. Based on the program mix, an estimated 35.8% of graduates continue to graduate study.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $36,313, at the 3rd percentile nationally. The median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $57,301, so the university sits $20,988 below that benchmark.
Azimuth ranks University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras #1,418 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,749 less than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 44th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,998.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $5,747. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,405.
The program mix tilts toward fields such as business, biological sciences and education, and the earnings scenarios show that spread. The downside scenario, estimated from lower-earning program clusters, sits at $27,329, while the upside scenario reaches $52,629.
An estimated 35.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a range from $27,329 on the downside to $52,629 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the higher end, Finance graduates earn $57,851 four years after completion, from 63 degrees awarded. Accounting follows at $57,201, with 122 degrees awarded.
Graduates earn about $2,749 less than the model expects for similar students. That gap places University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras at the 44th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Borrowers who finish carry a median of $5,500 in federal student loans, $15,729 below the $21,229 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $63 a month.
Only 7.2% of federal aid recipients take out federal loans. Parent borrowers hold a separate median of $12,500 in Parent PLUS loans.
The median federal student debt at completion sits below the peer median, and the median earnings four years after completion sit below the peer median.