Public · Conservatory

Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music

San Juan, Puerto Rico · Large city

#3 graduation rate in Puerto Rico
78.3%
Admit rate
$7,260
Avg net price
67%
Graduation rate
$19,474
Median earnings

Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music is a public bachelor's-granting institution in San Juan, Puerto Rico (large city setting), enrolling 307 undergraduates.

PublicSmall · 307 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 78% 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
Graduate
Nearest big city
2 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
< 1 mile

How Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music compares

Selectivity78.3%

More selective than 47% · #18 most selective of 27 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate67%

Higher than 72% · #3 of 37 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention88%

Higher than 82%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$19,474

Higher than 1% · #37 of 37 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$7,260

Cheaper than 96% · #10 cheapest of 37 in Puerto Rico

Median debt at graduation$8,875

Lower than 99%

Student–faculty ratio4 : 1

Lower than 97%

Undergraduate enrollment307

Larger than 16%

Percentiles compare Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Puerto Rico.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

337students
  • Undergraduate30791%
  • Graduate309%

Undergraduates by gender

307undergrads
  • Women9732%
  • Men21068%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • Hispanic99%
  • Other or multiracial1.0%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
307
Graduate enrollment
30
Student–faculty ratio
4 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
62%
First-generation students
10%
Students over 25
18%
Median family income
$20,319
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$45,126
Endowment
$2,446,761

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 49 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Puerto Rico100%

Most first-years stay in state — Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music draws overwhelmingly from Puerto Rico.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
78.3%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$3,370
Out-of-state tuition
$3,850
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,800
Total cost of attendance
$12,920
Average net price
$7,260

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 (within 6 years)
67%
Graduated on time (4 years)
22%
First-year retention
88%
Transferred to another college
17%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$9,910
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$19,474
Median debt at graduation
$8,875
Students with federal loans
11%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
50%

About 44% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$75

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (347 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Robbery
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$7,144
$30–48k
$5,875
$48–75k
$8,875
$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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$44,376

$8,875/year × about 5.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$19,474
Typical debt at graduation
$8,875
Debt vs. one year's pay
46%
Out-earn a HS grad
18%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$9,446
Men
$23,895

Men out-earn women by $14,449 (153%) 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
90°F
Winter low
65°F
Annual rain
75.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.04.89.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rio Piedras Exp Stn, PR RQ station (4.7 mi from campus).

What Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music 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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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.