Graduate earnings are in line with similar institutions.
What graduates earn 10 years after enrollment.
Annual salary at 10 years
Lower quartile earnings
Upper quartile earnings
How graduate earnings grow in the decade after enrollment.
UPR-Rio Piedras graduates demonstrate consistent earnings growth across the early to mid-career timeline. Earnings advance from $22,417 six years after enrollment to $27,824 at eight years, reaching $35,723 at the ten-year mark.
Financial justification for the investment.
Excellent affordability. Median debt of $5,500 is well under annual earnings, enabling comfortable repayment.
Debt levels at UPR-Rio Piedras rank among the lowest nationally, with median borrowing of just $5,500 placing the university in the 91.0th percentile for low debt. Student debt ranges from $4,316 at the 25th percentile to $8,800 at the 75th percentile, indicating consistent restraint in borrowing across the student population.
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras achieves modestly below average return performance, ranking at the 16.3rd percentile nationally. Despite generating $463 in earnings beyond expectations—above average at the 58.0th percentile—the overall return profile remains constrained by modest absolute earnings levels.
Approximately 22.4% of UPR-Rio Piedras graduates continue to graduate or professional study, with high confidence in this estimate based on program mi...
Program mix explains much of the earnings story.
Program-level earnings demonstrate the importance of field selection at UPR-Rio Piedras. Information Resources Management leads with $53,046 median earnings, followed by Analytical Chemistry at $40,064, both providing strong return on the university's affordable costs.
Digital Marketing ($38,759) and Accounting Technology ($38,640) cluster in the upper-middle range, offering solid career outcomes with manageable debt. Biology, the university's largest program, generates $34,180 median earnings while serving 247 graduates annually.
See which programs drive the strongest earnings and career trajectories
Earnings distribution shows meaningful variation in outcomes across UPR-Rio Piedras graduates. The spread from $20,985 at the 25th percentile to $57,886 at the 75th percentile creates a 2.8:1 ratio between top and bottom quartile outcomes.
