Columbia Central University-Caguas Graduate Schools

Columbia Central University-Caguas is a Private, 4 years school located in Caguas, PR. It is classified as a Other health professions school school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Columbia Central University-Caguas is $4,280 in average. The school has 283 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,165 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (7/1/2007 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Columbia Central University-Caguas Directory Information
School Name	Columbia Central University-Caguas
Address	Carr 183 Km 1.7, Caguas, PR 726
Phone	787-743-4041
Web	https://www.columbiacentral.edu
Online Application	https://www.columbiacentral.edu
Financial Info	https://www.columbiacentral.edu/asistencia-economica

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Columbia Central University-Caguas is $4,280 in average. The school has 283 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,165 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 29 graduate programs through Master's. Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$4,280
Student Population	283
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's
Number of Programs	29 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	10 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Columbia Central University-Caguas is $4,280 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $157.

Columbia Central University-Caguas offers the alternative tuition plans.

Columbia Central University-Caguas offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Columbia Central University-Caguas is $4,280. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$6,270	$775
2019-2020	$6,270	$775
2020-2021	$3,780	$500
2021-2022	$3,780	$500
2022-2023	$3,780	$500

The graduate school tuition & fees of Columbia Central University-Caguas is relatively inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Puerto Rico. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Puerto Rico graduate tuition is $6,313 (public) / $6,088 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Columbia Central University-Caguas	$4,280
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Puerto Rico Graduate Schools	$5,841	$6,975
Public	$6,313	$6,313
Private	$6,088

For academic year 2022-2023, the off-campus living costs are $9,957. Off-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$6,897	$1,560
2019-2020	$6,897	$3,060
2020-2021	$6,897	$3,060
2021-2022	$6,897	$3,060
2022-2023	$6,897	$3,060

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $157 at Columbia Central University-Caguas. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$165
2019-2020	$165
2020-2021	$157
2021-2022	$157
2022-2023	$157

Graduate Programs at Columbia Central University-Caguas

Columbia Central University-Caguas offers 4 graduate programs for Master's. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 88 students have completed their study at Columbia Central University-Caguas.

Offered Degrees at Columbia Central University-Caguas
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	4	2	88
Total	4	2	88

The most popular program at Columbia Central University-Caguas is the Nursing Administration program and last year 72 students have earned/completed their degree program.

Popular Master's Programs at Columbia Central University-Caguas
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Nursing Administration	✔	72	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	5	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	5	-

Columbia Central University-Caguas offers 4 programs through Master's. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 88 students have completed their graduate studies.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	77 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	5	-
Nursing Administration	✔	72	-
Business [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	6	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	5	-
	Total	88

Graduate Student Population at Columbia Central University-Caguas

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 235 students enrolled into Columbia Central University-Caguas graduate schools where it has total 2,165 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 140 full-time and 95 part-time graduate students. By gender, 40 male and 195 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	235	40	195
Full-time	140	26	114
Part-tme	95	14	81

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

235 Hispanic (100.00%), and 0 students with other races.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	235	40	195
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	0	0	0
Black/African American	0	0	0
Hispanic	235	40	195
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	0	0	0
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Columbia Central University-Caguas offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 183 graduate students (77.87% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 11 graduate students (4.68% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	235
Enrolled Online Exclusively	183
Enrolled Some Online Courses	11
Not in Online Courses	41

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Columbia Central University-Caguas. 10 students are aged 20 to 24 (4.26% of total students), 39 students are aged above 50 (16.60%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Columbia Central University-Caguas.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	235	40	195
Age 20-21	1	0	1
Age 22-24	9	2	7
Age 25-29	35	6	29
Age 30-34	52	11	41
Age 35-39	36	7	29
Age 40-49	63	10	53
Age 50-64	39	4	35