Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Private nonprofit university
- Ponce, PR
- 3,874 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
9 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Psychology pays the most in the first year ($26,047), and Diagnostic and Treatment Professions the least ($9,908). The median program pays $17,632. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce also has one certificate program that reports pay.
All 9 bachelor's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Puerto Rico" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Puerto Rico. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Puerto Rico ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Puerto Rico programs in the field do too.
Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.
7 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
One certificate program
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Puerto Rico" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Puerto Rico.
Quick picks: bachelor's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Psychology$26,047
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$19,848
- Business Administration$18,225
- Architecture$17,819
- Biology$17,632
Lowest median debt
- Psychology$12,250
- Criminology$12,250
- Business Administration$14,357
- Biology$18,500
- Accounting$18,750
Largest programs
- BiologyAbout 175 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 103 graduates a year
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year
- PsychologyAbout 44 graduates a year
- CriminologyAbout 32 graduates a year
Common questions
Psychology graduates earn a median of $26,047 in their first year, the most of 9 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce bachelor's programs that report pay.
Psychology and Criminology graduates leave with a median of $12,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce bachelor's programs that report debt.
Tuition and fees are $6,650 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,192 a year.
9 bachelor's programs and one certificate program at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Puerto Rico rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels