Richland Community College is among two-year universities in Illinois that reported borrowers defaulting on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.
The analysis uses data from the U.S. Department of Education that tracks borrowers at schools receiving federal student aid where the shortest programs earn associate’s degrees. 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.
Borrowers in Default
| School | City | Number of borrowers in default |
| College Of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | 540 |
| Parkland College | Champaign | 506 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | 506 |
| City Colleges Of Chicago - Kennedy King College | Chicago | 305 |
| 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 |
| Le Cordon Bleu College Of Culinary Arts In Chicago | Chicago | 180 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | 163 |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | 155 |
| City Colleges Of Chicago - Malcolm X College | Chicago | 145 |
| College Of Lake County | Grayslake | 136 |
| Coyne College | Chicago | 132 |
| 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 |
| Black Hawk College | Moline | 105 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | 103 |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy | 102 |
| Rock Valley College | Rockford | 101 |
| Vatterott College | Quincy | 99 |
| Lewis And Clark Community College | Godfrey | 95 |
| Richland Community College | Decatur | 94 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Taylor Business Institute | Chicago | 41 |
| Spoon River College | Canton | 40 |
| Morton College | Cicero | 38 |
| Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg | 36 |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago | 30 |
| Maccormac College | Chicago | 22 |
| Fox College | Bedford Park | 20 |
| 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 |
| Ambria College Of Nursing | Hoffman Estates | 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 |
| Morrison Institute Of Technology | Morrison | 5 |
| Chicago Ort Technical Institute | Skokie | 4 |
| Worsham College Of Mortuary Science | Wheeling | 4 |
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