Even though for-profit colleges get a bad rap for being predatory and leaving students saddled with debt but no degree, a significant number of private nonprofit and public colleges have the same issues.
For example, a recent analysis examined 781 colleges where most students borrow and few can repay their loans. While the analysis found that 73 percent of those schools were for-profit colleges, it also identified 209 private nonprofit and public colleges with low completion rates and heavy borrowing.
So, how can prospective students identify problematic colleges that will likely saddle them with debt and where few of their fellow students will graduate? As a policy analyst who examines issues of quality and equity in higher …
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