-50%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 50% at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce vs the 2003–2007 baseline (2.6k vs 5.2k).
Puerto Rico · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Mercedita, Puerto Rico. 2,602 undergraduate students. 65 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
-26%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce fell 26% between 2021 and 2024 (11.9% → 8.8%).
+13%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce rose 13% between 2017 and 2020 ($5.7k → $6.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Puerto Rico
Each tile compares this institution to the Puerto Rico median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$26,721+20% · 6→10y
Puerto Rico median $23,370$22,276
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.1%+18736% · '98→'24
Puerto Rico median 52.5%$4,850+82% · '97→'20
At program completion2,602+69% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS76.4%-2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time70.3%-20% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,580+62% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,580SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.4%Median federal debt $4,850 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $26,721 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+824%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · completion · 150% rose
0.2% → 41.4%
+69%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · undergrad enrollment rose
3,354 → 5,668
+62%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · in-state tuition rose
$3,570 → $5,780
+62%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,570 → $5,780
+82%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · median debt rose
$3,500 → $6,375
-100%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · cohort default rate fell
27.9% → 0.0%
+20%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · earnings_median_8yr rose
$19,900 → $23,915
+30%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · earnings_median_6yr rose
$17,200 → $22,276
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$35,504Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$35,266Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications.$33,119Human Resources Management and Services.$33,051Computer Science.$32,348Criminal Justice and Corrections.$30,753Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.$27,762Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$27,703Business Administration, Management and Operations.$27,317Biology, General.$23,949Security Science and Technology.$23,659Accounting and Related Services.$23,606Psychology, General.$21,493Business Administration, Management and Operations.$20,626Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$17,108Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$11,185
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Pick a 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. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. 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
$123,420
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,650
- HS-only baseline · PR
- $22,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 43
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Puerto Rico
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce graduates earn $X” — not “Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.