Washington Adventist University was among four-year schools in Maryland to report the highest rates of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 and defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Education.
Twenty-seven institutions reported 44,802 students entered repayment on student loans. And 2,766 – or 6.2 percent – defaulted on those loans.
The data includes students at four-year schools receiving federal student aid who entered repayment on selected federal loans in 2014 and defaulted before the end of the second fiscal year.
Default rates at four-year schools
| Name | City | Number of borrowers in repayment | Number of borrowers in default | Default rate |
| Coppin State University | Baltimore | 1,063 | 195 | 18.34% |
| Morgan State University | Baltimore | 2,334 | 386 | 16.54% |
| University Of Maryland - Eastern Shore | Princess Anne | 1,295 | 194 | 14.98% |
| Bowie State University | Bowie | 1,689 | 206 | 12.20% |
| Capitol Technology University | Laurel | 165 | 18 | 10.91% |
| Washington Adventist University | Takoma Park | 446 | 40 | 8.97% |
| Frostburg State University | Frostburg | 1,375 | 106 | 7.71% |
| University Of Maryland University College | Adelphi | 10,020 | 704 | 7.03% |
| University of Baltimore | Baltimore | 1,873 | 131 | 6.99% |
| Stevenson University | Stevenson | 1,052 | 68 | 6.46% |
| Hood College | Frederick | 502 | 30 | 5.98% |
| Notre Dame Of Maryland University | Baltimore | 531 | 29 | 5.46% |
| University Of Maryland - Baltimore County | Baltimore | 2,364 | 118 | 4.99% |
| Washington College | Chestertown | 302 | 14 | 4.64% |
| Towson University | Towson | 4,218 | 182 | 4.31% |
| Goucher College | Baltimore | 448 | 19 | 4.24% |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | Emmitsburg | 519 | 20 | 3.85% |
| Salisbury University | Salisbury | 1,858 | 65 | 3.50% |
| Mcdaniel College | Westminster | 533 | 13 | 2.44% |
| University Of Maryland, College Park | College Park | 5,199 | 126 | 2.42% |
| Maryland Institute College Of Art | Baltimore | 527 | 12 | 2.28% |
| Maryland University Of Integrative Health | Laurel | 180 | 4 | 2.22% |
| Loyola University Maryland | Baltimore | 1,125 | 23 | 2.04% |
| University Of Maryland, Baltimore | Baltimore | 1,650 | 25 | 1.52% |
| Saint Mary's College Of Maryland | Saint Marys City | 298 | 4 | 1.34% |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | 3,105 | 33 | 1.06% |
| St. John's College | Annapolis | 131 | 1 | 0.76% |
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