Nationally, public colleges, universities face borrower default rate of 11.28%

At Culpeper Cosmetology Training Center in Virginia, 34.5 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The analysis uses data that tracks borrowers at publicly controlled colleges and universities receiving federal student aid. The 2014 cohort accounts for borrowers who entered repayment on selected federal loans in the given fiscal year and defaulted before the end of the second fiscal year.   

Altogether, nearly 1,600 public institutions had 2.7 million borrowers in repayment in the 2014 cohort. And 306,553 of them were in default – a default rate of 11.28 percent, which is slightly below the national rate of about 11.5 percent.

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200 public schools with highest default rates

NameCityStateBorrowers in defaultBorrowers in repaymentDefault rate (%)
Culpeper Cosmetology Training CenterCulpeperVA195534.5
Southeast Kentucky Community And Technical CollegeCumberlandKY23268333.9
South Mountain Community CollegePhoenixAZ3431,02933.3
Tri-County Community CollegeMurphyNC3210131.6
Southern West Virginia Community And Technical CollegeMt GayWV289031.1
Phoenix CollegePhoenixAZ9753,14531.0
Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical CollegeMoorefieldWV3511530.4
Snead State Community CollegeBoazAL11337230.3
Cheyney University Of PennsylvaniaCheyneyPA18361329.8
Los Angeles Trade-Technical CollegeLos AngelesCA11538529.8
Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisburyNC26388029.8
Mendocino CollegeUkiahCA4715929.5
Beaufort County Community CollegeWashingtonNC10535629.4
Big Sandy Community And Technical CollegePrestonsburgKY28296029.3
Copper Mountain CollegeJoshua TreeCA3612329.2
Robeson Community CollegeLumbertonNC14349029.1
Eastern Gateway Community CollegeSteubenvilleOH19266229.0
Vance - Granville Community CollegeHendersonNC9733528.9
Caldwell Community College & Technical InstituteHudsonNC21775328.8
Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdostaGA16457228.6
Treasure Valley Community CollegeOntarioOR3531,24828.2
Hawaii Community CollegeHiloHI7928128.1
Long Beach City CollegeLong BeachCA3061,09028.0
Mcdowell Technical Community CollegeMarionNC3913928.0
Merritt CollegeOaklandCA5218627.9
Nicolet Area Technical CollegeRhinelanderWI11741927.9
Roanoke Chowan Community CollegeAhoskieNC103627.7
Southeastern Technical CollegeVidaliaGA12244227.6
Central State UniversityWilberforceOH25893727.5
Halifax Community CollegeWeldonNC8229827.5
Blue Ridge Community And Technical CollegeMartinsburgWV26295627.4
Carteret Community CollegeMorehead CityNC6824827.4
Los Angeles Southwest CollegeLos AngelesCA3111327.4
Pierpont Community & Technical CollegeFairmontWV3531,28627.4
Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboroNC18366727.4
Western Nevada CollegeCarson CityNV14051027.4
East Central Community CollegeDecaturMS17865227.3
Southeastern Community CollegeWhitevilleNC10337727.3
Central Alabama Community CollegeAlexander CityAL18467427.2
Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerqueNM1,2584,66326.9
New River Community And Technical CollegeBeaverWV20576026.9
Tom P. Haney Technical CenterPanama CityFL145226.9
Washington County Community CollegeCalaisME3713826.8
Mayland Community CollegeSpruce PineNC197126.7
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantTX14554326.7
Warren County Career CenterLebanonOH4918426.6
Ashland Community And Technical CollegeAshlandKY2701,01626.5
Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestownNC1,0493,96626.4
Alliance City Schools Career CentreAllianceOH207626.3
City Colleges Of Chicago - Kennedy King CollegeChicagoIL3051,15826.3
Fullerton CollegeFullertonCA13651726.3
Haywood Community CollegeClydeNC5019026.3
University Of South Carolina - UnionUnionSC5219726.3
Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorgantonNC7729226.3
Clark State Community CollegeSpringfieldOH6002,28726.2
Nash Community CollegeRocky MountNC10841126.2
Southcentral Kentucky Community And Technical CollegeBowling GreenKY3031,15626.2
Terra State Community CollegeFremontOH2781,06026.2
Stark State CollegeNorth CantonOH1,4925,71826.0
Reading Area Community CollegeReadingPA4641,78825.9
Pitt Community CollegeWintervilleNC5872,27425.8
Bladen Community CollegeDublinNC207825.6
Charles Stewart Mott Community CollegeFlintMI9583,72825.6
Asheville Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAshevilleNC2741,07225.5
Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboroNC18471925.5
Laney CollegeOaklandCA4517625.5
Olive-Harvey CollegeChicagoIL18271225.5
Yavapai CollegePrescottAZ19777125.5
Gateway Technical CollegeKenoshaWI6892,71225.4
Parkland CollegeChampaignIL5061,98725.4
Albany Technical CollegeAlbanyGA4431,74525.3
Clovis Community CollegeFresnoCA6525625.3
Craven Community CollegeNew BernNC7830825.3
Hazard Community And Technical CollegeHazardKY17769925.3
Reedley CollegeReedleyCA6525625.3
Somerset Community CollegeSomersetKY5482,15825.3
Dakota College At BottineauBottineauND5321025.2
Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRomeGA24396125.2
Florida Gateway CollegeLake CityFL8634225.1
Hartnell Community CollegeSalinasCA114425.0
University Of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahuluiHI20180425.0
Bainbridge State CollegeBainbridgeGA3141,25724.9
Connors State CollegeWarnerOK18674524.9
Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburgOR23293124.9
Central Oregon Community CollegeBendOR6102,45524.8
Grays Harbor CollegeAberdeenWA5622524.8
Rogue Community CollegeGrants PassOR3131,25824.8
Southern State Community CollegeHillsboroOH2841,14424.8
Gateway Community CollegePhoenixAZ3901,57824.7
West Hills Community CollegeCoalingaCA4518224.7
West Kentucky Community And Technical CollegePaducahKY2791,12724.7
Ellsworth Community CollegeIowa FallsIA10141024.6
James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansvilleNC8434124.6
North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesvilleGA7530424.6
Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical CollegeSt PaulMN6712,72024.6
Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner RobinsGA5072,06324.5
Kellogg Community CollegeBattle CreekMI4932,01024.5
Mountwest Community And Technical CollegeHuntingtonWV20181924.5
Tennessee College Of Applied Technology - NashvilleNashvilleTN7630924.5
West Shore Community CollegeScottvilleMI5823624.5
West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWheelingWV15964724.5
Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmingtonNC4311,76624.4
Maysville Community And Technical CollegeMaysvilleKY22692524.4
Northwest - Shoals Community CollegeMuscle ShoalsAL16668024.4
Owensboro Community & Technical CollegeOwensboroKY22893224.4
Wilson Community CollegeWilsonNC4719224.4
Zane State CollegeZanesvilleOH2811,15024.4
Institute Of American Indian & Alaska Native Culture & ArtsdeveloSanta FeNM187424.3
Southwestern Michigan CollegeDowagiacMI18676324.3
Woodland Community CollegeWoodlandCA208224.3
Glen Oaks Community CollegeCentervilleMI7129324.2
Luna Community CollegeLas VegasNM3213224.2
Northern New Mexico CollegeEl RitoNM3414024.2
Owens State Community CollegePerrysburgOH1,3715,66324.2
Sandusky Career CenterSanduskyOH166624.2
Antelope Valley CollegeLancasterCA3961,64024.1
College Of The DesertPalm DesertCA5522924.0
Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-SalemNC3241,34724.0
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley CollegeMount CarmelIL125024.0
Peninsula CollegePort AngelesWA10744524.0
Southwestern Illinois CollegeBellevilleIL5062,10024.0
West Virginia University - ParkersburgParkersburgWV2541,05724.0
Henry Ford CollegeDearbornMI1,6536,89623.9
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinstonMS4191,74723.9
Northeastern Oklahoma A & M CollegeMiamiOK19280323.9
West Hills College LemooreLemooreCA3916323.9
Henderson Community CollegeHendersonKY11247023.8
Itawamba Community CollegeFultonMS3451,45523.7
Lane Community CollegeEugeneOR1,2005,05823.7
State Fair Community CollegeSedaliaMO3541,48823.7
Cincinnati State Technical & Community CollegeCincinnatiOH1,1804,99123.6
Hinds Community CollegeRaymondMS9594,05723.6
Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboroNC6125823.6
Belmont CollegeSaint ClairsvilleOH17172723.5
Chemeketa Community CollegeSalemOR9724,12323.5
Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburtonOK10343723.5
Mount Hood Community CollegeGreshamOR7573,21123.5
Northern Maine Community CollegePresque IsleME6025523.5
Ventura CollegeVenturaCA11046723.5
College Of The SiskiyousWeedCA7732823.4
Cosumnes River CollegeSacramentoCA12452923.4
Lake Michigan CollegeBenton HarborMI17574523.4
College Of MarinKentfieldCA9138923.3
Holmes Community CollegeGoodmanMS3201,36923.3
Klamath Community CollegeKlamath FallsOR13055623.3
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayettevilleNC5252,25923.2
Harris - Stowe State UniversitySaint LouisMO15767523.2
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazooMI7523,23423.2
Three Rivers CollegePoplar BluffMO19885123.2
American River CollegeSacramentoCA3611,55823.1
City Colleges Of Chicago - Malcolm X CollegeChicagoIL14562623.1
Garrett CollegeMchenryMD5724623.1
Gateway Community And Technical CollegeFlorenceKY3041,31323.1
Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukeeWI1,5456,67423.1
Tallahassee Community CollegeTallahasseeFL9574,12623.1
Windward Community CollegeKaneoheHI9641423.1
Kishwaukee CollegeMaltaIL18479923.0
South Central Career CenterWest PlainsMO125223.0
Southern University At Shreveport - Bossier CityShreveportLA2931,27023.0
West Georgia Technical CollegeWacoGA2791,21123.0
Blue Mountain Community CollegePendletonOR11650622.9
San Joaquin Delta CollegeStocktonCA18681022.9
Sinclair Community CollegeDaytonOH1,4586,34322.9
Mesa Community CollegeMesaAZ1,1525,03322.8
Western Dakota Technical InstituteRapid CitySD14362722.8
Collins Career Technical CenterChesapeakeOH5222922.7
Shasta CollegeReddingCA10947922.7
Cleveland State Community CollegeClevelandTN22498922.6
North Idaho CollegeCoeur D'AleneID4331,91022.6
Richland Community CollegeDecaturIL9441522.6
Southern Arkansas University TechCamdenAR5624722.6
Central Arizona CollegeCoolidgeAZ2271,00822.5
Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondaleAZ3801,68822.5
Durham Technical Community CollegeDurhamNC15066722.4
Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil BluffsIA5382,40022.4
East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest CityAR219422.3
Johnston Community CollegeSmithfieldNC13459922.3
Mesabi Range CollegeVirginiaMN10245622.3
Auburn Career CenterConcord TownshipOH125422.2
Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanoogaTN8393,76822.2
East Mississippi Community CollegeScoobaMS4391,97222.2
Enterprise State Community CollegeEnterpriseAL10949022.2
Hocking Technical CollegeNelsonvilleOH4892,20122.2
Southeastern Community CollegeWest BurlingtonIA18884522.2
Wayne County Schools Career CenterSmithvilleOH167222.2
Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier CityLA5732,58922.1
College Of Western IdahoNampaID6863,09822.1
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community CollegeCloquetMN9743822.1
Clovis Community CollegeClovisNM5022722.0
Muskegon Community CollegeMuskegonMI16574722.0
Phillips Community College Of The University Of ArkansasHelenaAR135922.0
Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboroNC3315022.0
South Florida State CollegeAvon ParkFL3415422.0
Wenatchee Valley CollegeWenatcheeWA13762022.0
Augusta Technical CollegeAugustaGA21497321.9
Davidson County Community CollegeThomasvilleNC17378721.9
East Georgia State CollegeSwainsboroGA3091,40721.9
Ivy Tech Community College Of IndianaIndianapolisIN7,53234,39221.9
Rio Salado Community CollegeTempeAZ1,0954,99121.9
South Arkansas Community CollegeEl DoradoAR10648321.9