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Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan Programs

Institutional Default Rate Comparison of
FY 2004, 2005, and 2006 Cohort Default Rates

Note: These rates are accurate only as of September 15, 2008.

 

FY 2004

FY 2005

FY 2006

Institution Type

# of Schools

Borrower Default Rate

# of
Borrowers Defaulted

# of Borrowers Entered Repayment

# of Schools

Borrower Default Rate

# of
Borrowers Defaulted

# of Borrowers Entered Repayment

# of Schools

Borrower Default Rate

# of
Borrowers Defaulted

# of Borrowers Entered Repayment

Public 1,647 4.7% 70,864 1,488,978 1,622 4.3% 78,040 1,803,195 1,646 4.7% 94,627 1,988,185
Less than 2 yrs 153 5.7% 390 6,808 145 5.2% 398 7,567 153 6.4% 529 8,178
2-3 yrs 889 8.1% 31,476 386,474 869 7.9% 36,717 463,007 878 8.4% 44,439 523,749
4yrs(+) 605 3.5% 38,998 1,095,696 608 3.0% 40,925 1,332,621 615 3.4% 49,659 1,456,258
Private 1,790 3.0% 22,434 741,372 1,771 2.4% 23,411 950,819 1,748 2.5% 26,735 1,055,567
Less than 2 yrs 55 9.0% 353 3,881 52 9.0% 401 4,434 56 10.0% 359 3,589
2-3 yrs 233 7.4% 1,526 20,539 220 6.7% 1,467 21,819 190 6.1% 1,122 18,278
4yrs(+) 1,502 2.8% 20,555 716,952 1,499 2,3% 21,543 924,566 1,502 2.4% 25,254 1,033,700
Proprietary 1,963 8.6% 50,729 588,432 1,906 8.2% 60,379 730,385 1,988 9.7% 82,995 855,523
Less than 2 yrs 1,046 8.9% 11,755 130,810 974 8.9% 12,737 141,953 1,008 10.9% 15,426 140,302
2-3 yrs 697 9.9% 20,346 205,000 690 9.3% 22,500 240,545 728 11.1% 29,976 267,869
4 yrs(+) 220 7.3% 18,628 252,622 242 7.2% 25,142 347,887 252 8.4% 37,593 447,352
Foreign 434 1.5% 100 6,662 457 1.0% 121 11,156 466 1.2% 150 12,359
Unclassified 2 5.5% 1 18 1 0.0% 0 29 1 0.0% 0 6
Total 5,836 5.1% 144,128 2,825,462 5,757 4.6% 161,951 3,495,584 5,849 5.2% 204,507 3,911,640

This table reflects all borrowers who entered repayment during the given fiscal year as reported to the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). Some of these borrowers attended schools that are no longer eligible for Title IV program participation. The information provided in the downloadable or searchable reports on this website is limited to schools that, at the time of the most recent calculation, were eligible for participation in the Title IV programs. Therefore, since this table is based on a larger population, totals derived from the downloadable or searchable reports will not fully reconcile with the figures above.

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