Private for-profit · Community college
CEM College-San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico · Large city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $15,543
- Avg net price
- 86%
- Grad / completion
- $21,033
- Median earnings
CEM College-San Juan is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico (large city setting), enrolling 119 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory, and insular area of the United States. The Taíno people were the original inhabitants of the area before the arrival of the Europeans to the island of Puerto Rico in 1493. As the capital and most populous municipality of Puerto Rico, San Juan is a culturally vibrant city influenced by the heterogenous origins of Puerto Rican culture. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 7 miles to San Juan, PR
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
How CEM College-San Juan compares
Higher than 85% · #9 of 69 in Puerto Rico
Higher than 2%
Higher than 7% · #36 of 68 in Puerto Rico
Cheaper than 49% · #68 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico
Lower than 98%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 32%
Percentiles compare CEM College-San Juan 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
- Women8168%
- Men3832%
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
- 119
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 92%
- First-generation students
- 69%
- Students over 25
- 41%
- Median family income
- $0
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $23,400
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $12,900
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,174
- Total cost of attendance
- $19,241
- Average net price
- $15,543
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 (within 6 years)
- 86%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 0%
- First-year retention
- 20%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $18,141
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $21,033
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,000
- Students with federal loans
- 12%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 52%
About 86% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
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
- $30
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.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$15,543/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
CEM College-San Juan 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)
- $21,033
- Typical debt at graduation
- $5,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 24%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 19%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 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 $5,587 (29%) 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
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 65°F
- Annual rain
- 75.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rio Piedras Exp Stn, PR RQ station (1.2 mi from campus).
What CEM College-San Juan 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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San Juan, PR · Public · Bachelor's · 8,572 students
Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR · Private nonprofit · Graduate
Professional University Dr. Carlos J. Borrero Rios
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EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan
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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.












