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The Failings of Online For-profit Colleges: Findings from Student Borrower Focus Groups

March 27, 2019

The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) acknowledges generous support for our student loan work from the Prudential Foundation. The authors would also like to thank Robert Lang, CRL intern, for providing his assistance in coding focus group transcripts and analyzing Department of Education enrollment data. The online-only student enrollments of for-profit colleges are 80 percent out-of-state for undergraduates and 85 percent out-of-state for graduates. Oversight and accountability.

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The Failings of Online For-profit Colleges: Findings from Student Borrower Focus Groups