-29%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Columbia Central University-Caguas fell 29% between 2021 and 2024 (88.2% → 63.1%).
Puerto Rico · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Columbia Central University-Caguas
Caguas, Puerto Rico. 2,494 undergraduate students. 34 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Columbia Central University-Caguas
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.
+21%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Columbia Central University-Caguas rose 21% between 2019 and 2020 ($5.1k → $6.1k).
+14%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Columbia Central University-Caguas rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.4k → $8.4k).
+14%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Columbia Central University-Caguas rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.4k → $8.4k).
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.
$23,134+18% · 6→10y
Puerto Rico median $23,370$19,591
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry53.9%+36% · '97→'24
Puerto Rico median 52.5%$5,001+21% · '19→'20
At program completion2,494+245% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS45.8%+17% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$7,314+168% · '00→'24
out-of-state $7,314SECTION 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
2.9%Median federal debt $5,001 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $23,134 (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.
+36%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · completion · 150% rose
41.5% → 56.4%
+17%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · retention rose
54.0% → 63.1%
+245%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · undergrad enrollment rose
365 → 1,258
+168%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · in-state tuition rose
$3,140 → $8,400
+168%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,140 → $8,400
+21%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · median debt rose
$5,064 → $6,148
+37%
Columbia Central University-Caguas · earnings_median_8yr rose
$15,500 → $21,301
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.$56,929Health and Medical Administrative Services.$54,383Bioethics/Medical Ethics.$52,003Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$37,057Business/Commerce, General.$32,438Physics.$27,031Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$24,007Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$20,576Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$19,957Health and Medical Administrative Services.$19,656Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$19,483Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$18,262Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$8,644
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
13 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$19,957Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$37,057Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$24,007Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$56,929Health and Medical Administrative Services.$19,656Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$18,262Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$20,576Health and Medical Administrative Services.$54,383Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$19,483Bioethics/Medical Ethics.$52,003
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Columbia Central University-Caguas
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
-$45,405
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $7,598
- HS-only baseline · PR
- $22,400
- Years to complete
- 2
- 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.
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
“Columbia Central University-Caguas graduates earn $X” — not “Columbia Central University-Caguas makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Columbia Central University-Caguas 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.