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Cohort Default Rates

SDSU's Cohort Default Rates are well below the national average. For the last six years SDSU's rates have ranged from 1.0 to 4.8 percent.

Cohort Default Rates     

SDSU Average     

National Average

FY2019

1.0%

2.3%

FY2018

2.7%

7.3%

FY2017

3.8%

9.7%

FY2016

4.2%

10.1%

FY2015

4.8%

10.8%

FY2014

4.8%

11.5%

Cohort Default Rates are calculated by the U.S. Department of Education based on the students who go into repayment during a fiscal year and monitoring the percent who default over the subsequent two years.