Public · Community college

Colegio Universitario de San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico · Large city

#1 best value in Puerto Rico
14%
Transfer rate
-$778
Avg net price
32%
Grad / completion
$26,510
Median earnings

Colegio Universitario de San Juan is a public associate-granting institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico (large city setting), enrolling 491 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

PublicSmall · 491 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 75% admitMild 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
4 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
< 1 mile

How Colegio Universitario de San Juan compares

Selectivity75.4%

More selective than 62% · #10 most selective of 16 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate32%

Higher than 15% · #61 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention56%

Higher than 16%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,510

Higher than 22% · #6 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price-$778

Cheaper than 99% · #1 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment491

Larger than 62%

Percentiles compare Colegio Universitario de 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

491undergrads
  • Women27656%
  • Men21544%

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
491
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
77%
First-generation students
45%
Students over 25
42%
Median family income
$2,460
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$28,161

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 55 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Puerto Rico95%
  • Other U.S. states5.5%

Most first-years stay in state — Colegio Universitario de San Juan draws overwhelmingly from Puerto Rico.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$2,580
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,250
Total cost of attendance
$6,024
Average net price
-$778

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
75.4%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
32%
Graduated on time (4 years)
2%
First-year retention
56%
Transferred to another college
14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$22,675
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$26,510
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

About 30% 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
2%
First-generation
27%

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
$15

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (491 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

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
-$982
$30–48k
-$175
$48–75k
$182
$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
$983

$182/year × about 5.4 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?

Colegio Universitario de 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)
$26,510
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
31%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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
$22,868
Men
$30,923

Men out-earn women by $8,055 (35%) 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 (2.7 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.