According to research from the Brookings Institution, Strayer University students, as a whole, hold the fifth largest amount of US student loan debt, approximately $8 billion.https://www.brookings.edu/wp content/uploads/2015/08/Chart_LooneyYannelis_StudentLoanDefaults.png The 5-year default rate of Strayer students is 31%, and the average repayment of debt after five years is -7%.https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/StudentLoanDefaults_Looney_FINAL.pdf According to the College Scorecard, Strayer University's 8-year graduation rate varies from 3% (Arkansas) to 26% (Virginia), depending on the campus. Strayer is one of several for-profit schools who has been criticized for identifying as a university, since it does not offer Ph.D. programs. Most people who start their college studies at Strayer do not graduate.
