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.

Private for-profitSmall · 119 undergradsLarge cityMild wintersNear the coast

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

Graduation rate86%

Higher than 85% · #9 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention20%

Higher than 2%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$21,033

Higher than 7% · #36 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$15,543

Cheaper than 49% · #68 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Median debt at graduation$5,000

Lower than 98%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment119

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

119undergrads
  • 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)

All students
0%
First-generation
30%

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.

< $30k
$15,543
$30–48k
$15,544
$48–75k
$15,543
$75–110k
$110k+

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.

Est. total to a degree
$85,487

$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.

Solid value

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.

Women
$19,313
Men
$24,900

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

HighLow
60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.04.89.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rio Piedras Exp Stn, PR RQ station (1.2 mi from campus).

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.