-32%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 32% at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce vs the 2003–2007 baseline (2.3k vs 3.3k).
Puerto Rico · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2,276 undergraduate students. 19 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Puerto Rico at 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 University of Puerto Rico at Ponce fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.7% → 0.0%).
+51%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce rose 51% between 2021 and 2024 (10.3% → 15.5%).
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.
$31,394+40% · 6→10y
Puerto Rico median $23,370$22,404
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.6%+31% · '97→'24
Puerto Rico median 52.5%$5,500+57% · '97→'20
At program completion2,276-14% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS80.3%-10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time56.1%-26% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,354+180% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,354SECTION 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
2.3%Median federal debt $5,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $31,394 (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.
+31%
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce · completion · 150% rose
35.2% → 46.2%
+180%
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce · in-state tuition rose
$1,910 → $5,354
+180%
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,910 → $5,354
+57%
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce · median debt rose
$3,500 → $5,500
-100%
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce · cohort default rate fell
12.5% → 0.0%
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.
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other.$35,726Accounting and Related Services.$34,762Psychology, Other.$23,911Business Administration, Management and Operations.$23,247Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$23,186Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$22,609Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$19,815Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$19,148Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$18,231
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 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
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Puerto Rico at 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
$217,162
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,335
- HS-only baseline · PR
- $22,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 26
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 at Ponce graduates earn $X” — not “University of Puerto Rico at Ponce makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Puerto Rico at 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.