College Viability Inspection Report

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo

Puerto Rico · Private, not-for-profit

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo is a private, nonprofit institution in Puerto Rico, enrolling 955 students as of 2024. It graduates 6% of students in four years, returns 76% of freshmen for a second year, and costs an average of $9,381 a year after grants and scholarships. Of the 7 inspection checks that could be evaluated, 4 are flagged: Retention, Graduation, Enrollment, and Price vs. Outcomes. This report benchmarks Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's most recent reported year (2024) against 2,000+ U.S. colleges across three dimensions: student outcomes, financial health, and value for money. All figures are drawn from federal IPEDS filings and are reported without editorial judgment.

Data note: The U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS database did not include every reported figure for Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo between 2020 and 2024. 3 indicators are not reported in IPEDS for any year 2020–2024 and 2 inspection flags could not be evaluated for lack of data — affected indicators are tagged below; missing years are shown as gaps in trend charts rather than estimated.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo Inspection Flags

Student Outcomes
Financial Health
Value for Your Money

Inspection flags are nine independent checks across student outcomes, financial health, and cost-to-value that surface areas of a college's reported numbers worth a closer look. A triggered flag means the college's data met a specific threshold that students and families may want to ask about — for example, graduation rates slipping below a level, or tuition rising while outcomes decline. A clear flag means the threshold was not met. Flags are signals for further conversation, not verdicts.

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Data Summary

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo — All Reported Indicators

Plain-text reference table of every metric and inspection flag for Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo. Values reflect IPEDS-reported figures; percent changes reflect endpoint-to-endpoint 2020 → 2024 comparison; percentiles reflect 2024 national rank against four-year public and private nonprofit institutions. Cells marked "not reported" indicate the indicator was not present in IPEDS for this institution.

Student Outcomes

Metric2024 Value5-Yr % ChangeNational Percentile
Four-Year Graduation Rate6.0%-14.3%8th
Six-Year Graduation Rate31.0%-3.1%14th
Full-Time Retention Rate76.0%+2.7%47th
Pell Grant Six-Year Graduation Rate31.2%-5.6%20th
Pell-to-Non-Pell Graduation Gap10.9pp+819.7%59th
Pell Share of Cohort92.6%-1.0%97th

Financial Health

Metric2024 Value5-Yr % ChangeNational Percentile
Revenue-to-Expense Rationot reportednot reportednot reported
Total FTE Enrollment955-36.0%35th
Endowment Valuenot reportednot reportednot reported
Net Assets (End of Year)not reportednot reportednot reported

Value for Money

Metric2024 Value5-Yr % ChangeNational Percentile
Instructional Spending %55.2%not reported96th
Student Support Spending %10.9%not reported42nd
Administrative Spending %23.6%not reported70th
Instruction+Support to Admin Ratio2.80×-30.8%52nd
Average Net Price$9,381+15.1%11th
Net Price: $0-30K Income$9,062+12.8%23rd
Net Price: $30K-48K Income$9,480+8.5%23rd
Net Price: $48-75K Income$11,307+13.1%21st
Net Price: $75K-110K Incomenot reportednot reportednot reported
Net Price: $110K+ Incomenot reportednot reportednot reported

Inspection Flags

FlagSectionStatus
Retention Below 80%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's retention rate fell below 80% in 5 of 5 reported years — triggering the 3-of-5 threshold.
Student OutcomesTriggered
Four-Year Graduation Rate Below 50%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's 4-year graduation rate fell below 50% in 5 of 5 reported years — triggering the 3-of-5 threshold.
Student OutcomesTriggered
Pell Gap Exceeds 10 Points
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's Pell graduation gap exceeded 10pp in 1 of 5 eligible years — below the 3-of-5 trigger threshold.
Student OutcomesCleared
Revenue-to-Expense Below 1.0
Not enough reported data for this flag — only 0 of 5 years available.
Financial HealthNot Evaluated
Enrollment Declined 5% or More
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's total enrollment fell from 1,491 to 955 students between 2020 and 2024 (-35.9%) — a decline of 5% or more.
Financial HealthTriggered
Endowment Under $50M or Growth Under 15%
Endowment was not reported for 2020 or 2024, so this flag could not be evaluated.
Financial HealthNot Evaluated
High Cost, Low Completion
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo costs less than the national median AND graduates students at below-median rates — only one of two conditions is met.
Value for MoneyCleared
Spending on Students Below the National Median
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's ratio fell below the national median of $2.75 in 2 of 5 reported years — below the 3-of-5 trigger threshold.
Value for MoneyCleared
Rising Price, Falling Outcomes
Both conditions were met: Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo's net price rose while the 6-year graduation rate declined between 2020 and 2024 — a prompt to ask whether tuition increases are translating into stronger student outcomes.
Value for MoneyTriggered