Prairie State Wire

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Parkland College in Champaign and Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville reported the largest share of borrowers at public higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

The U.S. Department of Education data used in the analysis tracks borrowers at public schools receiving federal student aid. The 2014 cohort accounts for borrowers who entered repayment on selected federal loans in the given fiscal year and defaulted before the end of the second fiscal year.   

Altogether, 59 institutions based in Illinois reported 8,050 borrowers in default. 

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Borrowers in default

Name	City	Number of borrowers in default
College Of DuPage	Glen Ellyn	540
Parkland College	Champaign	506
Southwestern Illinois College	Belleville	506
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale	Carbondale	491
Northern Illinois University	Dekalb	466
City Colleges Of Chicago - Kennedy King College	Chicago	305
Western Illinois University	Macomb	263
Chicago State University	Chicago	246
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Edwardsville	236
Joliet Junior College	Joliet	198
Kishwaukee College	Malta	184
Olive-Harvey College	Chicago	182
Harold Washington College	Chicago	180
Illinois Central College	East Peoria	180
Lincoln Land Community College	Springfield	163
Prairie State College	Chicago Heights	155
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston	154
University Of Illinois At Chicago	Chicago	153
City Colleges Of Chicago - Malcolm X College	Chicago	145
Illinois State University	Normal	140
Northeastern Illinois University	Chicago	137
College Of Lake County	Grayslake	136
Waubonsee Community College	Sugar Grove	131
Kankakee Community College	Kankakee	129
Harper College	Palatine	127
Lake Land College	Mattoon	121
Elgin Community College	Elgin	119
City Colleges Of Chicago Harry S Truman College	Chicago	113
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign	Champaign	112
Black Hawk College	Moline	105
Moraine Valley Community College	Palos Hills	103
John Wood Community College	Quincy	102
Rock Valley College	Rockford	101
Lewis And Clark Community College	Godfrey	95
Richland Community College	Decatur	94
Governors State University	University Park	91
Heartland Community College	Normal	79
Highland Community College	Freeport	64
Rend Lake College	Ina	64
Mchenry County College	Crystal Lake	63
Triton College	River Grove	57
University Of Illinois At Springfield	Springfield	57
Wilbur Wright College	Chicago	51
Danville Area Community College	Danville	44
Illinois Valley Community College	Oglesby	42
Kaskaskia College	Centralia	42
Richard J Daley College-City Colleges Of Chicago	Chicago	42
Sauk Valley Community College	Dixon	41
Spoon River College	Canton	40
Morton College	Cicero	38
Carl Sandburg College	Galesburg	36
Oakton Community College	Des Plaines	14
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Lincoln Trail College	Robinson	13
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley College	Mount Carmel	12
Capital Area Career Center	Springfield	11
John A. Logan College	Carterville	11
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Olney Central College	Olney	10
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges -Frontier Community College	Fairfield	8
Beck School Of Practical Nursing	Red Bud	2

Source: U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid Office