First professional · Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Is Medicine at Universidad Central Del Caribe worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

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

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $60,547; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $82,635; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $223,167; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $237k (likely $237k – $237k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $48k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PR; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9 years (likely 7.8–10.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$99k (likely −$185k – −$11k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $471k (likely $284k – $675k); Today's dollars

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