CIP 5139 · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · Columbia Central University-Caguas

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants at Columbia Central University-Caguas

Federal outcomes for undergraduate certificate or diploma graduates of Columbia Central University-Caguas. 34 completers in the most recent 4-year window. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $18,262.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$18,262
Puerto Rico CIP-4 median $16,608
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$17,822
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$3,400
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
34
IPEDS award counts
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Columbia Central University-Caguas

2.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $3,400 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $18,262.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Puerto Rico CIP 5139 peer-median earnings $16,608.

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
-$69,125
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$7,598
HS-only baseline · PR
$22,400
Years to complete
1
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5139

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants across Puerto Rico institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Puerto Rico Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →