At Daymar College in Ohio, 37 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The analysis uses data that tracks borrowers at two-year colleges 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, more than 1,000 public institutions had 1.2 million borrowers in repayment in the 2014 cohort. And 209,472 of them were in default – a default rate of 18.14 percent, which is below the national rate of about 11.5 percent.
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200 two-year schools with highest default rates
| School | City | State | Number of Borrowers in Repay | Number of Borrowers in Default | Default Rate (%) |
| Daymar College | New Boston | OH | 362 | 134 | 37.0 |
| Everest College | Chesapeake | VA | 863 | 307 | 35.5 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community And Technical College | Cumberland | KY | 683 | 232 | 33.9 |
| South Mountain Community College | Phoenix | AZ | 1,029 | 343 | 33.3 |
| Wyotech | Ormond Beach | FL | 611 | 200 | 32.7 |
| Tri-County Community College | Murphy | NC | 101 | 32 | 31.6 |
| Southern West Virginia Community And Technical College | Mt Gay | WV | 90 | 28 | 31.1 |
| Phoenix College | Phoenix | AZ | 3,145 | 975 | 31.0 |
| Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College | Moorefield | WV | 115 | 35 | 30.4 |
| Snead State Community College | Boaz | AL | 372 | 113 | 30.3 |
| Everest College | Woodbridge | VA | 3,043 | 917 | 30.1 |
| Pittsburgh Career Institute | Pittsburgh | PA | 608 | 183 | 30.0 |
| Career Technical Institute | Washington | DC | 548 | 164 | 29.9 |
| Everest College | Colorado Springs | CO | 1,141 | 342 | 29.9 |
| Los Angeles Trade-Technical College | Los Angeles | CA | 385 | 115 | 29.8 |
| Louisburg College | Louisburg | NC | 449 | 134 | 29.8 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury | NC | 880 | 263 | 29.8 |
| Mendocino College | Ukiah | CA | 159 | 47 | 29.5 |
| Beaufort County Community College | Washington | NC | 356 | 105 | 29.4 |
| Taylor Business Institute | Chicago | IL | 139 | 41 | 29.4 |
| Big Sandy Community And Technical College | Prestonsburg | KY | 960 | 282 | 29.3 |
| Southern Technical College | Orlando | FL | 913 | 268 | 29.3 |
| Copper Mountain College | Joshua Tree | CA | 123 | 36 | 29.2 |
| Sae Institute Of Technology - Atlanta | Atlanta | GA | 140 | 41 | 29.2 |
| Brightwood College | Baltimore | MD | 604 | 176 | 29.1 |
| Robeson Community College | Lumberton | NC | 490 | 143 | 29.1 |
| Eastern Gateway Community College | Steubenville | OH | 662 | 192 | 29.0 |
| Everest Institute | Southfield | MI | 8,970 | 2,596 | 28.9 |
| Vance - Granville Community College | Henderson | NC | 335 | 97 | 28.9 |
| Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute | Hudson | NC | 753 | 217 | 28.8 |
| Gallipolis Career College | Gallipolis | OH | 87 | 25 | 28.7 |
| Wiregrass Georgia Technical College | Valdosta | GA | 572 | 164 | 28.6 |
| Everest College | Henderson | NV | 2,270 | 648 | 28.5 |
| Treasure Valley Community College | Ontario | OR | 1,248 | 353 | 28.2 |
| Hawaii Community College | Hilo | HI | 281 | 79 | 28.1 |
| Long Beach City College | Long Beach | CA | 1,090 | 306 | 28.0 |
| Mcdowell Technical Community College | Marion | NC | 139 | 39 | 28.0 |
| Merritt College | Oakland | CA | 186 | 52 | 27.9 |
| Nicolet Area Technical College | Rhinelander | WI | 419 | 117 | 27.9 |
| Brightwood Career Institute | Pittsburgh | PA | 509 | 142 | 27.8 |
| Roanoke Chowan Community College | Ahoskie | NC | 36 | 10 | 27.7 |
| Southeastern Technical College | Vidalia | GA | 442 | 122 | 27.6 |
| Halifax Community College | Weldon | NC | 298 | 82 | 27.5 |
| Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts In Chicago | Chicago | IL | 653 | 180 | 27.5 |
| Blue Ridge Community And Technical College | Martinsburg | WV | 956 | 262 | 27.4 |
| Carteret Community College | Morehead City | NC | 248 | 68 | 27.4 |
| International Business College | El Paso | TX | 259 | 71 | 27.4 |
| Los Angeles Southwest College | Los Angeles | CA | 113 | 31 | 27.4 |
| Pierpont Community & Technical College | Fairmont | WV | 1,286 | 353 | 27.4 |
| Wayne Community College | Goldsboro | NC | 667 | 183 | 27.4 |
| East Central Community College | Decatur | MS | 652 | 178 | 27.3 |
| Helms College | Macon | GA | 84 | 23 | 27.3 |
| Southeastern Community College | Whiteville | NC | 377 | 103 | 27.3 |
| Central Alabama Community College | Alexander City | AL | 674 | 184 | 27.2 |
| Brightwood College | San Antonio | TX | 1,402 | 379 | 27.0 |
| Central New Mexico Community College | Albuquerque | NM | 4,663 | 1,258 | 26.9 |
| New River Community And Technical College | Beaver | WV | 760 | 205 | 26.9 |
| Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts | Portland | OR | 1,480 | 397 | 26.8 |
| Washington County Community College | Calais | ME | 138 | 37 | 26.8 |
| Mayland Community College | Spruce Pine | NC | 71 | 19 | 26.7 |
| Northeast Texas Community College | Mount Pleasant | TX | 543 | 145 | 26.7 |
| Ashland Community And Technical College | Ashland | KY | 1,016 | 270 | 26.5 |
| International College Of Broadcasting | Dayton | OH | 64 | 17 | 26.5 |
| Guilford Technical Community College | Jamestown | NC | 3,966 | 1,049 | 26.4 |
| Ross Medical Education Center | Flint | MI | 1,299 | 344 | 26.4 |
| Wyotech | Laramie | WY | 2,552 | 675 | 26.4 |
| City Colleges Of Chicago - Kennedy King College | Chicago | IL | 1,158 | 305 | 26.3 |
| Fullerton College | Fullerton | CA | 517 | 136 | 26.3 |
| Haywood Community College | Clyde | NC | 190 | 50 | 26.3 |
| Western Piedmont Community College | Morganton | NC | 292 | 77 | 26.3 |
| Clark State Community College | Springfield | OH | 2,287 | 600 | 26.2 |
| Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts | San Francisco | CA | 270 | 71 | 26.2 |
| Nash Community College | Rocky Mount | NC | 411 | 108 | 26.2 |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community And Technical College | Bowling Green | KY | 1,156 | 303 | 26.2 |
| Terra State Community College | Fremont | OH | 1,060 | 278 | 26.2 |
| Everest College | Thornton | CO | 696 | 181 | 26.0 |
| Stark State College | North Canton | OH | 5,718 | 1,492 | 26.0 |
| Reading Area Community College | Reading | PA | 1,788 | 464 | 25.9 |
| Wichita Technical Institute | Wichita | KS | 858 | 223 | 25.9 |
| Pitt Community College | Winterville | NC | 2,274 | 587 | 25.8 |
| Bladen Community College | Dublin | NC | 78 | 20 | 25.6 |
| Charles Stewart Mott Community College | Flint | MI | 3,728 | 958 | 25.6 |
| Everest College | Everett | WA | 1,721 | 442 | 25.6 |
| Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College | Asheville | NC | 1,072 | 274 | 25.5 |
| Edgecombe Community College | Tarboro | NC | 719 | 184 | 25.5 |
| Elmira Business Institute | Elmira | NY | 337 | 86 | 25.5 |
| Laney College | Oakland | CA | 176 | 45 | 25.5 |
| Olive-Harvey College | Chicago | IL | 712 | 182 | 25.5 |
| Yavapai College | Prescott | AZ | 771 | 197 | 25.5 |
| Gateway Technical College | Kenosha | WI | 2,712 | 689 | 25.4 |
| Parkland College | Champaign | IL | 1,987 | 506 | 25.4 |
| Albany Technical College | Albany | GA | 1,745 | 443 | 25.3 |
| Clovis Community College | Fresno | CA | 256 | 65 | 25.3 |
| Craven Community College | New Bern | NC | 308 | 78 | 25.3 |
| Hazard Community And Technical College | Hazard | KY | 699 | 177 | 25.3 |
| Reedley College | Reedley | CA | 256 | 65 | 25.3 |
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | KY | 2,158 | 548 | 25.3 |
| Vista College | El Paso | TX | 2,689 | 683 | 25.3 |
| Dakota College At Bottineau | Bottineau | ND | 210 | 53 | 25.2 |
| Georgia Northwestern Technical College | Rome | GA | 961 | 243 | 25.2 |
| Hartnell Community College | Salinas | CA | 44 | 11 | 25.0 |
| North Central Institute | Clarksville | TN | 56 | 14 | 25.0 |
| Connors State College | Warner | OK | 745 | 186 | 24.9 |
| Umpqua Community College | Roseburg | OR | 931 | 232 | 24.9 |
| Brightwood College | Dayton | OH | 370 | 92 | 24.8 |
| Central Oregon Community College | Bend | OR | 2,455 | 610 | 24.8 |
| Fortis College | Norfolk | VA | 1,015 | 252 | 24.8 |
| Rogue Community College | Grants Pass | OR | 1,258 | 313 | 24.8 |
| Southern State Community College | Hillsboro | OH | 1,144 | 284 | 24.8 |
| Gateway Community College | Phoenix | AZ | 1,578 | 390 | 24.7 |
| West Hills Community College | Coalinga | CA | 182 | 45 | 24.7 |
| West Kentucky Community And Technical College | Paducah | KY | 1,127 | 279 | 24.7 |
| Ellsworth Community College | Iowa Falls | IA | 410 | 101 | 24.6 |
| Fortis College | Mobile | AL | 1,332 | 328 | 24.6 |
| James Sprunt Community College | Kenansville | NC | 341 | 84 | 24.6 |
| North Georgia Technical College | Clarkesville | GA | 304 | 75 | 24.6 |
| Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical College | St Paul | MN | 2,720 | 671 | 24.6 |
| Central Georgia Technical College | Warner Robins | GA | 2,063 | 507 | 24.5 |
| Kellogg Community College | Battle Creek | MI | 2,010 | 493 | 24.5 |
| Mountwest Community And Technical College | Huntington | WV | 819 | 201 | 24.5 |
| West Shore Community College | Scottville | MI | 236 | 58 | 24.5 |
| West Virginia Northern Community College | Wheeling | WV | 647 | 159 | 24.5 |
| Beal College | Bangor | ME | 274 | 67 | 24.4 |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington | NC | 1,766 | 431 | 24.4 |
| Maysville Community And Technical College | Maysville | KY | 925 | 226 | 24.4 |
| Northwest - Shoals Community College | Muscle Shoals | AL | 680 | 166 | 24.4 |
| Owensboro Community & Technical College | Owensboro | KY | 932 | 228 | 24.4 |
| Wilson Community College | Wilson | NC | 192 | 47 | 24.4 |
| Zane State College | Zanesville | OH | 1,150 | 281 | 24.4 |
| Southwestern Michigan College | Dowagiac | MI | 763 | 186 | 24.3 |
| Woodland Community College | Woodland | CA | 82 | 20 | 24.3 |
| Glen Oaks Community College | Centerville | MI | 293 | 71 | 24.2 |
| Luna Community College | Las Vegas | NM | 132 | 32 | 24.2 |
| Owens State Community College | Perrysburg | OH | 5,663 | 1,371 | 24.2 |
| Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts | Austin | TX | 2,085 | 503 | 24.1 |
| Brightwood Career Institute | Broomall | PA | 494 | 119 | 24.0 |
| College Of The Desert | Palm Desert | CA | 229 | 55 | 24.0 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College | Winston-Salem | NC | 1,347 | 324 | 24.0 |
| Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley College | Mount Carmel | IL | 50 | 12 | 24.0 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | IL | 2,100 | 506 | 24.0 |
| Career College Of Northern Nevada | Sparks | NV | 368 | 88 | 23.9 |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | Perkinston | MS | 1,747 | 419 | 23.9 |
| Northeastern Oklahoma A & M College | Miami | OK | 803 | 192 | 23.9 |
| Ross Medical Education Center | Lansing | MI | 664 | 159 | 23.9 |
| West Hills College Lemoore | Lemoore | CA | 163 | 39 | 23.9 |
| Brightwood College | Nashville | TN | 737 | 176 | 23.8 |
| Fortis Institute | Erie | PA | 1,611 | 384 | 23.8 |
| Healthcare Career College | Paramount | CA | 105 | 25 | 23.8 |
| Henderson Community College | Henderson | KY | 470 | 112 | 23.8 |
| Sae Institute Of Technology | Nashville | TN | 88 | 21 | 23.8 |
| Vatterott College | Des Moines | IA | 1,289 | 307 | 23.8 |
| Alaska Christian College | Soldotna | AK | 59 | 14 | 23.7 |
| Itawamba Community College | Fulton | MS | 1,455 | 345 | 23.7 |
| Lane Community College | Eugene | OR | 5,058 | 1,200 | 23.7 |
| State Fair Community College | Sedalia | MO | 1,488 | 354 | 23.7 |
| Cincinnati State Technical & Community College | Cincinnati | OH | 4,991 | 1,180 | 23.6 |
| Hinds Community College | Raymond | MS | 4,057 | 959 | 23.6 |
| Wilkes Community College | Wilkesboro | NC | 258 | 61 | 23.6 |
| Belmont College | Saint Clairsville | OH | 727 | 171 | 23.5 |
| Brightwood Career Institute | Harrisburg | PA | 1,412 | 332 | 23.5 |
| Chemeketa Community College | Salem | OR | 4,123 | 972 | 23.5 |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College | Wilburton | OK | 437 | 103 | 23.5 |
| Mount Hood Community College | Gresham | OR | 3,211 | 757 | 23.5 |
| Northern Maine Community College | Presque Isle | ME | 255 | 60 | 23.5 |
| Ventura College | Ventura | CA | 467 | 110 | 23.5 |
| College Of The Siskiyous | Weed | CA | 328 | 77 | 23.4 |
| Cosumnes River College | Sacramento | CA | 529 | 124 | 23.4 |
| Lake Michigan College | Benton Harbor | MI | 745 | 175 | 23.4 |
| College Of Marin | Kentfield | CA | 389 | 91 | 23.3 |
| Fortis Institute | Scranton | PA | 351 | 82 | 23.3 |
| Holmes Community College | Goodman | MS | 1,369 | 320 | 23.3 |
| Klamath Community College | Klamath Falls | OR | 556 | 130 | 23.3 |
| Brightwood College | Towson | MD | 292 | 68 | 23.2 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville | NC | 2,259 | 525 | 23.2 |
| Kalamazoo Valley Community College | Kalamazoo | MI | 3,234 | 752 | 23.2 |
| Three Rivers College | Poplar Bluff | MO | 851 | 198 | 23.2 |
| Advanced Technology Institute | Virginia Beach | VA | 277 | 64 | 23.1 |
| American River College | Sacramento | CA | 1,558 | 361 | 23.1 |
| City Colleges Of Chicago - Malcolm X College | Chicago | IL | 626 | 145 | 23.1 |
| Garrett College | Mchenry | MD | 246 | 57 | 23.1 |
| Gateway Community And Technical College | Florence | KY | 1,313 | 304 | 23.1 |
| Maccormac College | Chicago | IL | 95 | 22 | 23.1 |
| Milwaukee Area Technical College | Milwaukee | WI | 6,674 | 1,545 | 23.1 |
| Shorter College | North Little Rock | AR | 82 | 19 | 23.1 |
| Windward Community College | Kaneohe | HI | 414 | 96 | 23.1 |
| Kishwaukee College | Malta | IL | 799 | 184 | 23.0 |
| Southern University At Shreveport - Bossier City | Shreveport | LA | 1,270 | 293 | 23.0 |
| West Georgia Technical College | Waco | GA | 1,211 | 279 | 23.0 |
| Blue Mountain Community College | Pendleton | OR | 506 | 116 | 22.9 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | Stockton | CA | 810 | 186 | 22.9 |
| Sinclair Community College | Dayton | OH | 6,343 | 1,458 | 22.9 |
| Baton Rouge School Of Computers | Baton Rouge | LA | 35 | 8 | 22.8 |
| Forrest College | Anderson | SC | 92 | 21 | 22.8 |
| Mesa Community College | Mesa | AZ | 5,033 | 1,152 | 22.8 |
| Ponce Paramedical College (Popac) | Ponce | PR | 568 | 130 | 22.8 |
| Western Dakota Technical Institute | Rapid City | SD | 627 | 143 | 22.8 |
| Brightwood College | Sacramento | CA | 968 | 220 | 22.7 |
| North Idaho College | Coeur D'Alene | ID | 1,910 | 433 | 22.6 |
| Richland Community College | Decatur | IL | 415 | 94 | 22.6 |
| Southern Arkansas University Tech | Camden | AR | 247 | 56 | 22.6 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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