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Business Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in Puerto Rico, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 11 programs report first-year pay
  • 9 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Puerto Rico business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $20,513 in their first year, $24,883 less than the national median. UPR Mayaguez reports the highest first-year pay ($38,052), and UPR Mayaguez the lowest median debt ($8,250).

Median first-year pay$20,513National $45,396
Median pay after 5 years$31,662National $62,714
Median federal debt$14,328National $26,000
Debt-to-earnings70%National 55%

All 11 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

University of Puerto Rico at Cayey and University of Puerto Rico report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Puerto Rico business administration program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Puerto Rico medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 9 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. UPR Mayaguez$38,052
  2. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus$33,654
  3. NUC University$29,290
  4. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus$26,810
  5. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus$26,047

Lowest median debt

  1. UPR Mayaguez$8,250
  2. Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce$8,660
  3. Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro$14,190
  4. Universidad del Sagrado Corazon$14,298
  5. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce$14,357

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. UPR Mayaguez22%
  2. Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce48%
  3. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus67%
  4. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus69%
  5. Universidad del Sagrado Corazon70%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

General and Operations Managers

$73,570

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 7,190 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $36,200Top 10%: $181,830

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$42,840

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 16,400 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $29,710Top 10%: $63,840

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$30,090

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 12,700 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $22,660Top 10%: $51,330

Project Management Specialists

$65,800

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 2,330 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $29,760Top 10%: $135,780

Common questions

UPR Mayaguez in Mayaguez reports the highest median first-year pay, $38,052. Its median federal debt is $8,250.

Related pages

Business Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked1,105 programs by pay and 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.
  • 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.
  • Medians are across the business administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024