9,566 borrowers in default on student loans after attending public Arizona colleges

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Arizona State University, Mesa Community College and Rio Salado Community College reported the largest share of borrowers who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

The analysis uses data, from the U.S. Department of Education, that tracks borrowers at all publicly controlled schools 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, 20 public institutions based in Arizona reported 9,566 borrowers in default. 

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Borrowers in default

NameCityNumber of borrowers in default
Arizona State UniversityTempe1,175
Mesa Community CollegeMesa1,152
Rio Salado Community CollegeTempe1,095
Phoenix CollegePhoenix975
Pima County Community CollegeTucson780
Glendale Community CollegeGlendale715
Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff509
University Of Arizona (The)Tucson449
Gateway Community CollegePhoenix390
Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale380
South Mountain Community CollegePhoenix343
Chandler - Gilbert Community CollegeChandler304
Scottsdale Community CollegeScottsdale302
Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenix249
Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge227
Yavapai CollegePrescott197
Mohave Community CollegeKingman152
Coconino County Community CollegeFlagstaff89
Arizona Western CollegeYuma67
Cochise CollegeSierra Vista16
Source: U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid Office

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