Private nonprofit · Community college

Universidad Central Del Caribe

Bayamon, Puerto Rico · Midsize city

#1 for grad earnings in Puerto Rico#3 most selective in Puerto Rico
0%
Transfer rate
$8,524
Avg net price
40%
Grad / completion
$31,468
Median earnings

Universidad Central Del Caribe is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Bayamon, Puerto Rico (midsize city setting), enrolling 90 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

Private nonprofitSmall · 90 undergradsMidsize cityAccessible · 60% admitMild wintersNear the coast

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
Graduate
Nearest big city
8 miles to San Juan, PR
To the ocean
5 miles

How Universidad Central Del Caribe compares

Selectivity60.0%

More selective than 76% · #3 most selective of 16 in Puerto Rico

Graduation rate40%

Higher than 26% · #56 of 69 in Puerto Rico

First-year retention71%

Higher than 47%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,468

Higher than 37% · #1 of 68 in Puerto Rico

Average net price$8,524

Cheaper than 76% · #52 cheapest of 70 in Puerto Rico

Median debt at graduation$7,363

Lower than 81%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment90

Larger than 25%

Percentiles compare Universidad Central Del Caribe 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

Undergraduate vs. graduate

604students
  • Undergraduate9015%
  • Graduate51485%

Undergraduates by gender

90undergrads
  • Women6774%
  • Men2326%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White2.2%
  • Hispanic88%
  • Other or multiracial10.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
90
Graduate enrollment
514
Student–faculty ratio
11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
72%
First-generation students
33%
Students over 25
31%
Median family income
$9,669
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$37,071
Endowment
$6,915,988

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$7,707
Room & board
Books & supplies
$700
Total cost of attendance
$14,642
Average net price
$8,524

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
60.0%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
40%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
71%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$24,669
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$31,468
Median debt at graduation
$7,363
Students with federal loans
18%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
39%

About 40% 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
$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%.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (604 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.

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
$6,180
$30–48k
$7,597
$48–75k
$6,247
$75–110k
$13,642
$110k+
$13,642

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
$34,359

$6,247/year × about 5.5 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)
$31,468
Typical debt at graduation
$7,363
Debt vs. one year's pay
23%
Out-earn a HS grad
38%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 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
$28,965
Men
$36,827

Men out-earn women by $7,862 (27%) 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
69°F
Annual rain
75.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.04.99.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Toa Baja Levittown, PR RQ station (4.9 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.