Private for-profit · Community college
Automeca Technical College-Caguas
Caguas, Puerto Rico · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $5,077
- Avg net price
- 85%
- Grad / completion
- $24,632
- Median earnings
Automeca Technical College-Caguas is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Caguas, Puerto Rico (small city setting), enrolling 186 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Caguas, Puerto Rico
Caguas is a city and municipality in central eastern Puerto Rico. As with the rest of Puerto Rico, the Taínos were the primary group living in the valley at the time of the Spanish arrival. The Spanish conquistadors further developed the agriculture in the valley, while also establishing mines in search of gold, silver and copper. Local malls include Plaza del Carmen Mall, Plaza Centro Mall, and Las Catalinas Mall. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 17 miles to San Juan, PR
- To the ocean
- 14 miles
How Automeca Technical College-Caguas compares
Higher than 84% · #11 of 69 in Puerto Rico
Higher than 70%
Higher than 17% · #17 of 68 in Puerto Rico
Cheaper than 91% · #22 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico
Lower than 99%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 43%
Percentiles compare Automeca Technical College-Caguas with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Puerto Rico.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women105%
- Men17695%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Hispanic100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 186
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 96%
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Students over 25
- 24%
- Median family income
- $0
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $9,095
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $300
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,262
- Average net price
- $5,077
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 85%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,983
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,632
- Median debt at graduation
- $3,030
- Students with federal loans
- 16%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 37%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Automeca Technical College-Caguas funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $24,632
- Typical debt at graduation
- $3,030
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 12%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 16%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $1,006 (4%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 61°F
- Annual rain
- 64.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Gurabo Substn, PR RQ station (3.5 mi from campus).
What Automeca Technical College-Caguas graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.