Colorado’s For-Profit College Students Struggle to Graduate, Pay Off Steep Debt Burdens
Students at Colorado’s for-profit colleges have less favorable outcomes in comparison to their peers at public and private non-profit institutions according to several key indicators, and the impact is greater on students of color. This report uses the data released from the US Department of Education (College Scorecard, September 2015) and compares public, private, and for-profit institutions (also referred to as “colleges” or “schools”) on the basis of overall enrollment, average demographic makeup, completion rates, and indications of student financial burden post-graduation. Analyzing this...