Maryland State Wire

At Garrett College in McHenry, 23.1 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 all publicly controlled colleges and universities 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, 27 public institutions based in Maryland had 50,711 borrowers in repayment in the 2014 cohort. And 4,748 of them were in default – a default rate of 9.36 percent, which is below the national rate of about 11.5 percent.

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Default rate

School	City	Borrowers in default	Borrowers in repayment	Default rate (%)
Garrett College	McHenry	57	246	23.1
Hagerstown Community College	Hagerstown	239	1,225	19.5
Coppin State University	Baltimore	195	1,063	18.3
Allegany College Of Maryland	Cumberland	164	900	18.2
Cecil College	North East	40	233	17.1
Prince George'S Community College	Largo	393	2,353	16.7
Morgan State University	Baltimore	386	2,334	16.5
Community College Of Baltimore County	Baltimore	535	3,333	16.0
University Of Maryland - Eastern Shore	Princess Anne	194	1,295	14.9
Anne Arundel Community College	Arnold	291	2,064	14.0
Wor-Wic Community College	Salisbury	43	324	13.2
Frederick Community College	Frederick	53	413	12.8
Bowie State University	Bowie	206	1,689	12.1
Montgomery College	Rockville	278	2,374	11.7
College Of Southern Maryland	La Plata	85	747	11.3
Carroll Community College	Westminster	5	46	10.8
Harford Community College	Bel Air	40	372	10.7
Howard Community College	Columbia	83	845	9.8
Frostburg State University	Frostburg	106	1,375	7.7
University Of Maryland University College	Adelphi	704	10,020	7.0
University Of Baltimore	Baltimore	131	1,873	6.9
University Of Maryland - Baltimore County	Baltimore	118	2,364	4.9
Towson University	Towson	182	4,218	4.3
Salisbury University	Salisbury	65	1,858	3.4
University Of Maryland, College Park	College Park	126	5,199	2.4
University Of Maryland, Baltimore	Baltimore	25	1,650	1.5
Saint Mary'S College Of Maryland	Saint Marys City	4	298	1.3

Source: U.S. Department of Education