Baltimore City Wire

At Brightwood College, which has multiple sites, including several in Maryland, 29.1 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 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, 67 public institutions had 68,868 borrowers in repayment in the 2014 cohort. And 6,733 of them were in default – a default rate of 9.8 percent, which is below the national rate of about 11.5 percent.

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Default rate

School	City	Total number of borrowers	Number of borrowers in default	Default rate
Brightwood College	Multiple locations	604	176	29.1
Aspen Beauty Academy - Laurel	Laurel	51	13	25.4
Del-Mar-Va Beauty Academy	Salisbury	51	12	23.5
Brightwood College	El Paso	292	68	23.2
Garrett College	Mchenry	246	57	23.1
North American Trade Schools	Baltimore	576	133	23.0
Holistic Massage Training Institute	Baltimore	31	7	22.5
Brightwood College	Houston	388	86	22.1
All-State Career	Baltimore	1,852	400	21.5
Baltimore School Of Massage	Linthicum	519	111	21.3
Fortis Institute	Cookeville	2,336	498	21.3
Aveda Institute Maryland	Bel Air	35	7	20.0
Hagerstown Community College	Hagerstown	1,225	239	19.5
Blades School Of Hair Design	California	60	11	18.3
Coppin State University	Baltimore	1,063	195	18.3
Allegany College Of Maryland	Cumberland	900	164	18.2
Cecil College	North East	233	40	17.1
Prince George'S Community College	Largo	2,353	393	16.7
Morgan State University	Baltimore	2,334	386	16.5
Community College Of Baltimore County	Baltimore	3,333	535	16.0
Baltimore Studio Of Hair Design	Baltimore	72	11	15.2
University Of Maryland - Eastern Shore	Princess Anne	1,295	194	14.9
Anne Arundel Community College	Arnold	2,064	291	14.0
Lincoln College Of Technology	Columbia	446	61	13.6
Wor-Wic Community College	Salisbury	324	43	13.2
Frederick Community College	Frederick	413	53	12.8
Aesthetics Institute Of Cosmetology	Gaithersburg	90	11	12.2
Bowie State University	Bowie	1,689	206	12.1
Montgomery College	Rockville	2,374	278	11.7
College Of Southern Maryland	La Plata	747	85	11.3
Capitol Technology University	Laurel	165	18	10.9
Carroll Community College	Westminster	46	5	10.8
Hair Expressions Academy	Rockville	112	12	10.7
Harford Community College	Bel Air	372	40	10.7
Maryland Beauty Academy Of Essex	Baltimore	57	6	10.5
Howard Community College	Columbia	845	83	9.8
Hair Academy Ii	Hillcrest Heights	63	6	9.5
Washington Adventist University	Takoma Park	446	40	8.9
Frostburg State University	Frostburg	1,375	106	7.7
University Of Maryland University College	Adelphi	10,020	704	7.0
University Of Baltimore	Baltimore	1,873	131	6.9
Stevenson University	Stevenson	1,052	68	6.4
Robert Paul Academy Of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences	Timonium	50	3	6.0
Hood College	Frederick	502	30	5.9
Notre Dame Of Maryland University	Baltimore	531	29	5.4
Temple (The): A Paul Mitchell Partner School	Frederick	121	6	4.9
University Of Maryland - Baltimore County	Baltimore	2,364	118	4.9
Washington College	Chestertown	302	14	4.6
L'Academie De Cuisine	Gaithersburg	69	3	4.3
Towson University	Towson	4,218	182	4.3
Goucher College	Baltimore	448	19	4.2
Mount Saint Mary'S University	Los Angeles	519	20	3.8
Award Beauty School	Hagerstown	160	6	3.7
Salisbury University	Salisbury	1,858	65	3.4
Omega Studios' School Of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences	Rockville	32	1	3.1
Hair Academy	New Carrollton	364	10	2.7
Mcdaniel College	Westminster	533	13	2.4
University Of Maryland, College Park	College Park	5,199	126	2.4
Maryland Institute College Of Art	Baltimore	527	12	2.2
Maryland University Of Integrative Health	Laurel	180	4	2.2
Loyola University Maryland	Baltimore	1,125	23	2.0
Frederick School Of Cosmetology	Frederick	53	1	1.8
Montgomery Beauty School	Silver Spring	107	2	1.8
University Of Maryland, Baltimore	Baltimore	1,650	25	1.5
Saint Mary'S College Of Maryland	Saint Marys City	298	4	1.3
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	3,105	33	1.0
St. John's College	Annapolis	131	1	0.7

Source: U.S. Department of Education