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Private for-profit · Community college

Instituto Educativo Premier

Ponce, Puerto Rico · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate
$9,146
Avg net price
78%
Grad / completion
$20,182
Median earnings

Instituto Educativo Premier is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico (midsize city setting), enrolling 290 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 290 undergradsMidsize cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce is a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Archaeological findings have identified four sites within the municipality of Ponce with archaeological significance: Canas, Tibes, Caracoles, and El Bronce. The municipality invests close to half a million dollars in promoting its cultural assets. It established its first library in 1894 and, as of 2007 had a new central library with seven other branches scattered throughout the municipality. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
46 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
3 miles

How Instituto Educativo Premier compares

Graduation rate78%

Higher than 73% · #20 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention81%

Higher than 66%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$20,182

Higher than 6% · #42 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$9,146

Cheaper than 74% · #54 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment290

Larger than 52%

Percentiles compare Instituto Educativo Premier 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

290undergrads
  • Women18363%
  • Men10737%

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
290
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
88%
First-generation students
57%
Students over 25
14%
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
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$9,146

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
78%
First-year retention
81%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$16,670
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$20,182
Median debt at graduation
—
Students with federal loans
0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
78%
First-generation
65%

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
$100

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
$8,882
$30–48k
$10,492
$48–75k
$13,091
$75–110k
$14,292
$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Instituto Educativo Premier 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)
$20,182
Typical debt at graduation
—
Debt vs. one year's pay
—
Out-earn a HS grad
9%
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
$18,268
Men
$28,061

Men out-earn women by $9,793 (54%) 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
92°F
Winter low
62°F
Annual rain
37.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
50°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.56.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ponce 4 E, PR RQ station (6 mi from campus).

What Instituto Educativo Premier graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services
347 grads$10k 1 yr$20k 5 yr$4k debt

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.