Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Dewey University-Hato Rey

The $13,912 first-year earnings figure here is startling—even within Puerto Rico's nursing market, where earnings run dramatically lower than the mainland, this program sits at just the 25th percentile statewide. The median PR nursing graduate earns $16,905, while the top EDP University programs deliver nearly $32,000. That gap is meaningful when you're already starting from a compressed wage scale.

The small sample size (under 30 graduates) means these numbers could shift significantly year to year, but the pattern is concerning enough to warrant serious consideration. While the $6,120 debt load is relatively modest—well below even Puerto Rico's median of $10,584—it still represents nearly half of first-year earnings. For a program serving 90% Pell-eligible students, that debt burden hits harder than the ratio suggests.

If nursing is the goal and Puerto Rico is where your child plans to work, look closely at the EDP University programs, which show earnings more than double what Dewey-Hato Rey graduates report. Even accounting for data volatility with small cohorts, that's too wide a gap to ignore. Unless there are compelling personal reasons to choose this specific campus, other in-state options appear to offer substantially better returns on the same career path.