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NUC University

Bayamon, PR 28,918 Undergrads 43.6% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$15,821
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$8,920
After Aid
Median Earnings
$25,779
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$8,920
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$25,779
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$24,785
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate43.6%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average Starting Age27.4
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients78.9%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time79.4%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS38.9%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$245k
-$222k
-$240k
Median Cost$9k/yr
+$212k
-$254k
-$272k
Full Cost$16k/yr
+$188k
-$279k
-$297k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$9k/yr
Never
-847%
Full Cost$16k/yr
Never
-521%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return-772%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-205%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Certificates

Median Debt
$10,184
Earnings (4yr)
$31,621
Natl Median: $34,272
Lifetime Value Added
-$116k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$18,567
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
-$263k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$22,324
Natl Median: $38,011
Lifetime Value Added
-$221k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$22,663
Natl Median: $42,012
Lifetime Value Added
-$217k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$18,486
Natl Median: $52,615
Lifetime Value Added
-$264k
Median Debt
$9,045
Earnings (4yr)
$16,754
Natl Median: $26,307
Lifetime Value Added
-$284k
Median Debt
$8,584
Earnings (4yr)
$20,364
Natl Median: $30,572
Lifetime Value Added
-$243k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$19,418
Natl Median: $33,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$254k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$18,438
Natl Median: $36,116
Lifetime Value Added
-$265k
Median Debt
$5,500
Earnings (4yr)
$26,930
Natl Median: $53,078
Lifetime Value Added
-$169k
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4701
Median Debt
$7,684
Earnings (4yr)
$28,922
Natl Median: $43,027
Lifetime Value Added
-$146k
Median Debt
$7,667
Earnings (4yr)
$25,788
Natl Median: $45,268
Lifetime Value Added
-$182k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$20,261
Natl Median: $53,418
Lifetime Value Added
-$244k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $47,296
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$9,500
Earnings (4yr)
$16,895
Natl Median: $27,180
Lifetime Value Added
-$282k
Median Debt
$10,558
Earnings (4yr)
$24,908
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
-$191k
Median Debt
$13,805
Earnings (4yr)
$45,209
Natl Median: $48,148
Lifetime Value Added
+$33k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$20,179
Natl Median: $40,962
Lifetime Value Added
-$245k
Median Debt
$9,500
Earnings (4yr)
$21,656
Natl Median: $49,996
Lifetime Value Added
-$228k
Median Debt
$4,541
Earnings (4yr)
$18,107
Natl Median: $56,073
Lifetime Value Added
-$268k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$46,405
Natl Median: $48,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$45k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,020
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$5,000
Earnings (4yr)
$20,709
Natl Median: $29,652
Lifetime Value Added
-$239k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,127
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CertCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$18,107
Natl Median: $24,479
Lifetime Value Added
-$268k

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
$14,001
Earnings (4yr)
$25,591
Natl Median: $47,660
Lifetime Value Added
-$216k
Median Debt
$9,500
Earnings (4yr)
$26,024
Natl Median: $42,269
Lifetime Value Added
-$211k
Median Debt
$5,834
Earnings (4yr)
$17,559
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$300k
Median Debt
$19,894
Earnings (4yr)
$36,290
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
-$106k
Median Debt
$12,833
Earnings (4yr)
$38,403
Natl Median: $54,246
Lifetime Value Added
-$84k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$38,537
Natl Median: $54,971
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Median Debt
$14,750
Earnings (4yr)
$29,799
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$172k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$23,953
Natl Median: $39,605
Lifetime Value Added
-$233k
Median Debt
$7,470
Earnings (4yr)
$17,812
Natl Median: $61,982
Lifetime Value Added
-$297k
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1503
Median Debt
$10,416
Earnings (4yr)
$29,800
Natl Median: $67,792
Lifetime Value Added
-$172k
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$26,292
Natl Median: $40,095
Lifetime Value Added
-$208k
Median Debt
$15,834
Earnings (4yr)
$24,961
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
-$222k
Median Debt
$10,000
Earnings (4yr)
$30,846
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
-$161k

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$23,952
Earnings (4yr)
$29,139
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
-$242k
Median Debt
$29,711
Earnings (4yr)
$38,600
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
-$160k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $28,311
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$32,500
Earnings (4yr)
$56,122
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
-$12k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$39,908
Natl Median: $83,439
Lifetime Value Added
-$155k
Median Debt
$23,027
Earnings (4yr)
$34,804
Natl Median: $73,587
Lifetime Value Added
-$193k
Median Debt
$25,832
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $85,063
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,117
Earnings (4yr)
$27,830
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$254k
Median Debt
$34,505
Earnings (4yr)
$41,806
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$15,832
Earnings (4yr)
$35,449
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
-$187k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$25,528
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$279k

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
$23,657
Earnings (4yr)
$40,934
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
-$312k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,232
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities
MastCIP: 5132
Median Debt
$14,761
Earnings (4yr)
$40,451
Natl Median: $100,487
Lifetime Value Added
-$316k
Median Debt
$17,816
Earnings (4yr)
$33,696
Natl Median: $83,558
Lifetime Value Added
-$384k
Marketing
MastCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$20,623
Earnings (4yr)
$30,548
Natl Median: $79,106
Lifetime Value Added
-$415k
Median Debt
$15,487
Earnings (4yr)
$40,650
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
-$315k
Median Debt
$24,805
Earnings (4yr)
$36,327
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$357k

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.