Master's · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Is Business/Commerce, General at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $56,929; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $61,890; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $17,000; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $18k (likely $18k – $18k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $27k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PR; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.3 years (likely 1.0–1.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $172k (likely $95k – $261k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $485k (likely $317k – $676k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.