-26%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 26% at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico vs the 2003–2007 baseline (3.8k vs 5.1k).
Puerto Rico · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. 3,791 undergraduate students. 43 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
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.
+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.6k → $9.9k).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.6k → $9.9k).
+12%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico rose 12% between 2017 and 2020 ($20.1k → $22.6k).
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.
$47,540+26% · 6→10y
Puerto Rico median $23,370$37,753
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry23.6%+182% · '97→'24
Puerto Rico median 52.5%$12,830+388% · '97→'20
At program completion3,791+15% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS77.4%+4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-1% · '01→'13
latest cohort$9,810+92% · '00→'24
out-of-state $9,810SECTION 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
3.6%Median federal debt $12,830 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,540 (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.
+182%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · completion · 150% rose
10.0% → 28.1%
+507%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · completion · 100% rose
0.6% → 3.5%
+92%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · in-state tuition rose
$5,145 → $9,870
+92%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · out-of-state tuition rose
$5,145 → $9,870
+388%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · median debt rose
$4,625 → $22,564
-100%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · cohort default rate fell
10.2% → 0.0%
+66%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · earnings_median_10yr rose
$28,600 → $47,540
+64%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · earnings_median_8yr rose
$25,100 → $41,112
+91%
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · earnings_median_6yr rose
$19,800 → $37,753
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
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
$852,510
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,513
- HS-only baseline · PR
- $22,400
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 15
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
“Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico graduates earn $X” — not “Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico 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.