First professional · Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Is Optometry at Inter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Optometry 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $129,997
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $137,612
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $194,150
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $206k (likely $206k – $206k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $103k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PR
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.6 years (likely 3.0–4.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $528k (likely $355k – $716k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.62M (likely $1.28M – $2.00M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.