Default Rates

Default Rates

Federal student loans are borrowed funds that must be repaid with interest. Failure to repay a loan can result in default. The reports below show default rates for the federal student loan programs.

• Cohort Default Rates by school, lender, state and institution type
• Budget Lifetime and Cumulative Lifetime Default Rates
• Federal Perkins Loan Program Status of Default (Orange Book)
• Trial Three-Year Cohort Default Rates
  FY2008 FY2007 FY2006 FY2005