Private for-profit · Community college

IVAEM College

Caguas, Puerto Rico · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $9,707
Avg net price: 83%
Grad / completion: $19,686
Median earnings

IVAEM College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Caguas, Puerto Rico (small city setting), enrolling 195 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 195 undergradsSmall cityMild wintersNear the coast

About Caguas, Puerto Rico

Caguas is a city and municipality in central eastern Puerto Rico. As with the rest of Puerto Rico, the Taínos were the primary group living in the valley at the time of the Spanish arrival. The Spanish conquistadors further developed the agriculture in the valley, while also establishing mines in search of gold, silver and copper. Local malls include Plaza del Carmen Mall, Plaza Centro Mall, and Las Catalinas Mall. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 17 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean: 13 miles

How IVAEM College compares

Graduation rate83%

Higher than 81% · #12 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention71%

Higher than 46%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$19,686

Higher than 5% · #48 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$9,707

Cheaper than 71% · #58 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Student–faculty ratio43 : 1

Lower than 1%

Undergraduate enrollment195

Larger than 44%

Percentiles compare IVAEM College 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

Women12464%
Men7136%

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: 195
Student–faculty ratio: 43 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 83%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 36%
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: $9,707

Outcomes

Graduated: 83%
First-year retention: 71%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $13,804
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $19,686
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$9,665

$30–48k

$10,347

$48–75k

$9,393

$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?

IVAEM College 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): $19,686
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 8%

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

$16,880

Men

$25,782

Men out-earn women by $8,902 (53%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 61°F
Annual rain: 64.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Gurabo Substn, PR RQ station (3.2 mi from campus).

What IVAEM College graduates study — and earn

Culinary Arts and Related Services

114 grads— 1 yr$16k 5 yr— debt

114—$16,040—

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.