10-yr median earnings
$26,905
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Manati, Puerto Rico
Advantage Technical College
Advantage Technical College is a private for-profit institution in Manati, Puerto Rico. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 60.3%
- 150%-time completion
- $5,460
- Avg net price / yr
- $26,905
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Advantage Technical College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 15th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 60.3%
- 150%-time completion
- +16%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Advantage Technical College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C-
College Value Score
51/100
Advantage Technical College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$26,905
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$5,460
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C
60.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$5,460
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
60.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 60.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Advantage Technical College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Advantage Technical College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Advantage Technical College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$26,905 15th percentile higher than 15% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Advantage Technical College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $26,905 | #4346 of 5103 | 15th |
| Average net price | $5,460 | #393 of 5020 | 92nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 60.3% | #2186 of 4858 | 55th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 584 | #2705 of 5462 | 50th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
584
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
60.3%
150%-time completion
$26,905
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Advantage Technical College ranks in Puerto Rico
State rank among 124 reporting Puerto Rico colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Advantage Technical College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $26,905 | #20 of 124 | 84th |
| Average net price | $5,460 | #32 of 107 | 70th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 60.3% | #39 of 104 | 63rd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 584 | #35 of 113 | 69th |
Highest former-student earnings in Puerto Rico
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez | $48,992 | $17,936 |
| 2 | Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico | $47,540 | $17,540 |
| 3 | University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences | $45,953 | - |
| 4 | Albizu University-San Juan | $41,544 | $9,732 |
| 5 | University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras | $35,723 | $9,175 |
| 6 | University of Puerto Rico | $34,409 | $8,484 |
| 7 | Universidad del Sagrado Corazon | $31,754 | $12,924 |
| 8 | Universidad Central Del Caribe | $31,468 | $8,524 |
| 9 | University of Puerto Rico at Ponce | $31,394 | $10,990 |
| 10 | University of Puerto Rico at Cayey | $30,958 | $10,176 |
| 11 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro | $30,821 | $9,788 |
| 12 | University of Puerto Rico-Carolina | $30,626 | $12,945 |
| 18 | Advantage Technical CollegeThis school | $26,905 | $5,460 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Advantage Technical College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$5,399 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$5,945 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$6,457 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Advantage Technical College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $5,460 |
61.8%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Advantage Technical College costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $8,869 to $2,791 (-68.5%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $8,8692023 · $2,791
Over the same years, enrollment went +1267.5% (40 → 547 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
37.8%
First Generation
Outcomes
$23,272
Median Earnings (6yr)
23.6%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 60.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $23,272 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $26,905 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 23.6% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | 70 | $37,472 | - |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers | Certificate | 79 | $25,244 | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Advantage Technical College? ▼
Advantage Technical College is a private for-profit institution in Manati, Puerto Rico. Undergraduate enrollment is 584 students.
How much do Advantage Technical College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Advantage Technical College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $26,905 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $23,272.
How much does Advantage Technical College cost? ▼
The average net price at Advantage Technical College is $5,460..
What is the graduation rate at Advantage Technical College? ▼
Advantage Technical College has a 60.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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