-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
Puerto Rico · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. 9,564 undergraduate students. 91 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
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.
+83%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez rose 83% between 2021 and 2024 (3.6% → 6.6%).
+60%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez are 60% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($49.0k vs $30.6k).
+13%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez rose 13% between 2006 and 2009 (11.0k → 12.5k).
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.
$48,992+50% · 6→10y
Puerto Rico median $23,370$32,706
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry47.0%-11% · '00→'24
Puerto Rico median 52.5%$8,000+136% · '97→'20
At program completion9,564+13% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS84.2%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time52.2%-16% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,274+324% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,274SECTION 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
2.2%Median federal debt $8,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,992 (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.
+324%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · in-state tuition rose
$1,245 → $5,274
+324%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,245 → $5,274
+136%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · median debt rose
$3,500 → $8,250
-100%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · cohort default rate fell
12.5% → 0.0%
+67%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,400 → $48,992
+47%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · earnings_median_8yr rose
$26,700 → $39,204
+55%
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · earnings_median_6yr rose
$21,100 → $32,706
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.
Computer Engineering.$95,065Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$90,796Mechanical Engineering.$87,636Chemical Engineering.$81,905Civil Engineering.$74,119Industrial Engineering.$73,537Civil Engineering.$68,727Biotechnology.$67,574Agricultural Mechanization.$62,021Finance and Financial Management Services.$53,952Management Information Systems and Services.$48,246Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.$44,562Human Resources Management and Services.$44,304Biology, General.$43,019Accounting and Related Services.$42,332Marketing.$42,074Business Administration, Management and Operations.$41,494Plant Sciences.$40,598Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$37,157Animal Sciences.$33,433Political Science and Government.$32,983Psychology, General.$30,688English Language and Literature, General.$30,673Fine and Studio Arts.$28,564
Showing top 24 of 28 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
28 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
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Accounting and Related Services.$42,332Human Resources Management and Services.$44,304Marketing.$42,074Finance and Financial Management Services.$53,952Business Administration, Management and Operations.$41,494Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$21,752Management Information Systems and Services.$48,246
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
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
$1,299,093
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,527
- HS-only baseline · PR
- $22,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 14
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
“University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez graduates earn $X” — not “University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 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.