Because of the poorer outcome rate, for - profit students accounted for 44 % of federal student loan defaults even though they represented only 11 % of all higher - education students. (moneytips.com)
Using data from the Department of Education, we ranked 4,544 schools throughout the United States in terms of federal student loan default rates. (studentloans.net)
34 % of federal student loan defaults occur on loans less than $ 5,000 while only 18 % of students with more than $ 100,000 of student debt defaulted on their loans. (studentloans.net)