Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at NUC University

Seventy-one percent of students here receive Pell grants, and they're graduating with $29,200 in debt—exactly matching Puerto Rico's median for this credential. But here's where things get complicated: the estimated earnings of $58,000 are derived from the national median for similar IT management programs, while the only Puerto Rico program with actual reported data shows graduates earning just $27,341—less than half that figure.

That gap matters enormously. If this program performs closer to the Puerto Rico reality than the national estimate, students would face a debt-to-earnings ratio over 1.0 instead of the 0.50 shown here—meaning they'd owe more than their first year's salary. Even the national estimate, while producing a manageable ratio on paper, assumes IT management opportunities in Puerto Rico that may not exist at mainland salary levels. The economic context in Puerto Rico is fundamentally different from the continental U.S., where most of those 102 comparison programs operate.

The absence of reported earnings data for NUC specifically makes this particularly difficult to evaluate. Without knowing whether graduates are finding IT positions locally or migrating to higher-paying mainland markets, you're essentially choosing between two very different scenarios: one where the debt is reasonable for the career, and one where it's a serious burden. Before committing, ask the school directly about graduate outcomes—where their IT management graduates work and what they actually earn.