Private nonprofit · Community college
Puerto Rico Advance Institute
Bayamon, Puerto Rico · Midsize city
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- Transfer rate
- $2,805
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
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- Median earnings
Puerto Rico Advance Institute is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Bayamon, Puerto Rico (midsize city setting), enrolling 29 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
- 6 miles to San Juan, PR
- To the ocean
- 3 miles
How Puerto Rico Advance Institute compares
Higher than 95%
Cheaper than 97% · #7 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico
Lower than 56%
Larger than 6%
Percentiles compare Puerto Rico Advance Institute 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 race / ethnicity
- Hispanic100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 29
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 12%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 88%
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $9,395
- Room & board
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- Books & supplies
- $500
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,200
- Average net price
- $2,805
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
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- First-year retention
- 100%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median debt at graduation
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- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $25
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?
Puerto Rico Advance Institute 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.
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 (2.7 mi from campus).
What Puerto Rico Advance Institute 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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- 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.