Fact Sheet | April 30, 2018

Colleges Where Most Students Borrow and Few Repay

This analysis of College Scorecard data focuses on colleges where most students borrow and less than half of borrowers have paid down even $1 of their loan principal, 7 years into repayment. At half of all for-profit colleges, most students borrow and few can repay. African-American students, Pell Grant recipients, and first-generation students all disproportionately enroll at colleges where most students borrow and few repay.