Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Huertas College

Caguas, PR · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$409,134 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−207%Modeled 10-year ROI
$23,847Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$409,134at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$197,6040
2
4
6
8
−$409,13410
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$8,750
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$8,750
Sticker price
Average net price$4,401
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$14,229
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$4,401Average net price / year
$14,229Cost of attendance
$7,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$80/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$23,847Median earnings · year 5 after completion
45.6%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
430Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$4,304
$30–48k$4,743
$48–75k$5,144
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$23,847
Year 6$20,348
Year 10$22,927
Full-time retention
40.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

12thEarnings percentile
31thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$26,505Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$5,420Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$18,321Year 1
$28,857Year 4
$23,847Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$42,5792Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$35,4723Health and Medical Administrative Services · Associate's Degree$28,2804Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$26,5995Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$26,5056Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$25,8397Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$25,3458Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$23,876

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$42,579Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$35,472$6,500
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$28,280Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$26,599$5,420
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$26,505Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$25,839Not available
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$25,345Not available
Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$23,876Not available

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.