Here's some data, the report on defaults referenced here: http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/07/08/student-loan-default-rates-rise-graduation-rates http://ww

Here's some data, the report on defaults referenced here: http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/07/08/student-loan-default-rates-rise-graduation-rates http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/07/08/student-loan-defa... The institutions with the highest rates of default are for-profit colleges, about which nobody has nice things to say, and community colleges which most people will defend as a gateway to higher ed for those who had to work to support others or got lousy high school grades or whatever reason. So... it's complicated.