Public · Community college

Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico · Large city

#3 best value in Puerto Rico#5 most selective in Puerto Rico
8%
Transfer rate
$1,121
Avg net price
73%
Grad / completion
$26,293
Median earnings

Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan is a public associate-granting institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico (large city setting), enrolling 179 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

PublicSmall · 179 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 63% 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
Associate
Nearest big city
7 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
2 miles

How Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan compares

Selectivity63.2%

More selective than 74% · #5 most selective of 16 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 67% · #21 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention68%

Higher than 40%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$26,293

Higher than 21% · #8 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$1,121

Cheaper than 99% · #3 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Student–faculty ratio5 : 1

Lower than 97%

Undergraduate enrollment179

Larger than 42%

Percentiles compare Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto 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

179undergrads
  • Women7039%
  • Men10961%

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
179
Student–faculty ratio
5 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
72%
First-generation students
42%
Students over 25
25%
Median family income
$6,228
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$29,646

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$1,180
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,800
Total cost of attendance
$4,451
Average net price
$1,121

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
63.2%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated
73%
First-year retention
68%
Transferred to another college
8%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$22,824
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$26,293
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
73%
First-generation
11%

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
$20

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
$959
$30–48k
$1,365
$48–75k
$2,116
$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto 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)
$26,293
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
19%
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
$19,425
Men
$30,647

Men out-earn women by $11,222 (58%) 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
89°F
Winter low
72°F
Annual rain
59.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.77.4JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Juan L M Marin AP, PR RQ station (1.5 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.