Private for-profit · Community college
Professional Technical Institution
Bayamon, Puerto Rico · Midsize city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $7,404
- Avg net price
- 83%
- Grad / completion
- $24,336
- Median earnings
Professional Technical Institution is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Bayamon, Puerto Rico (midsize city setting), enrolling 181 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Bayamón is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico. Before the foundation of the municipality, Hacienda Santa Cruz was established near the Bayamón River in 1750. The Spanish colonist Juan Ramírez de Arellano formally established Bayamón as a Spanish settlement on May 22, 1772, on a hill known as Alto del Embarcadero. Bayamón celebrates its patron saint festival in May. The Festival de la Santa Cruz is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 8 miles to San Juan, PR
- To the ocean
- 5 miles
How Professional Technical Institution compares
Higher than 81% · #13 of 69 in Puerto Rico
Higher than 1%
Higher than 15% · #22 of 68 in Puerto Rico
Cheaper than 81% · #44 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico
Lower than 29%
Larger than 42%
Percentiles compare Professional Technical Institution 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
- Women53%
- Men17697%
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
- 181
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 100%
- First-generation students
- 42%
- Students over 25
- 48%
- 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
- $7,404
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
- 83%
- First-year retention
- 16%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $21,961
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,336
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
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.
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 100% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $100. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 36 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $24,336
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 17%
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 69°F
- Annual rain
- 75.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Toa Baja Levittown, PR RQ station (4 mi from campus).
What Professional Technical Institution graduates study — and earn
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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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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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.