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Report: 2.2% of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students repaying loans are in default

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Out of 6,262 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students repaying loans in 2015, 139 were in default, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

That gives the four-year public school in Champaign a default rate of 2.2 percent for that year – 0.5 percentage points higher than in 2014 and 0.5 points higher than in 2013.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had 27 more students in default in 2015 than in 2014 and 26 more than in 2013.

How many students are in default at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?
Year
School enrollment
Total students in default
2015
48,250
139
2014
47,693
112
2013
47,684
113

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign default rates by year
Year
Students in default
Students in repayment
Default rate
2015
139
6,262
2.2
2014
112
6,258
1.7
2013
113
6,407
1.7

Source for all tables: U.S. Department of Education

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