About
Jose Maria Vargas University is a postsecondary institution located in Pembroke Pines, Florida. It offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs with a focus on academic and career-oriented education, providing a holistic model that integrates theoretical and practical skills.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 13 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 13 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data13 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Distance Education Accrediting Commission
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Action history · 2
- Apr 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
- Jul 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 110 students received $527K in Pell grants, alongside $3.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 19 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (5.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Jose Maria Vargas
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Jose Maria Vargas vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Jose Maria Vargas selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectJose Maria Vargas University | — | — | 112 | — | — |
Aviator College of Aeronautical Science and Technology | — | — | 258 | $40,694 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Brookline College-Tempe | — | — | 282 | $19,642 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
California Institute of Arts & Technology | — | — | 2,112 | $34,183 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City | — | — | — | $22,688 | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions |
Jamestown Business College | — | 85.8% | 108 | $7,732 | — |
Lionel University | 10% | — | 403 | $29,539 | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields |
Orion Technical College | — | — | 41 | $20,489 | — |
San Diego Global Knowledge University | — | — | 193 | — | — |
Southern California Institute of Technology | 42% | 74.2% | 510 | $27,735 | — |
| Peer group median | 26% | 80.0% | 258 | $25,212 |
Jose Maria Vargas Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The homepage of Jose Maria Vargas University provides a detailed overview of its mission, values, and educational approach. It emphasizes the holistic development of students, integrating an international focus with practical and theoretical learning in a culturally diverse environment. Contact information for the university is provided, including an email and phone number.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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