Borrower Defense to Repayment — DOE Data · January 2026

Top 20 Schools by
Borrower Defense Applications Received

As of January 2026, the Department of Education has received 1,023,460 borrower defense applications. The twenty institutions below account for 693,730 — 67% of all claims filed. Multi-campus systems and schools under common ownership are combined. Data sourced from the Federal Student Aid Borrower Defense Data Center.

Approved: Most group   

1,023,460Total Received

217,320Approved /

group discharge  

283,110Settlement Relief

through lawsuits

452,770Still Pending
40,270Denied
Approved
Settlement Relief
Pending
Denied
Closed / Other
School / System Applications (bars scaled to top entry) Total
Combined entries — schools aggregated under common ownership:
† Everest / Corinthian Colleges (109,150): All Everest College, Everest University, and Everest Institute campuses; Heald College; WyoTech — all operated by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. before its closure in 2015. High approval rate reflects Exhibit C status under Sweet v. McMahon.
† DeVry / Keller / Ross (84,970): DeVry University, DeVry Institute of Technology, Keller Graduate School of Management, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Ross Medical Education Centers (all Michigan/Ohio campuses). All operated under DeVry Inc., later Adtalem Global Education. Note: Ross Vet Medicine has an unusually high denial rate — 1,300 denials against 620 pending.
† ITT Technical Institute (59,950): All ITT Technical Institute campuses; closed by DOE order September 2016.
† Perdoceo / Career Education Corp. (56,210): Complete corporate family — American InterContinental University, Colorado Technical University, Sanford-Brown College (all campuses), Sanford-Brown Institute, SBI Campus, Le Cordon Bleu (all U.S. campuses), Brooks Institute, Brooks College, Briarcliffe College, Collins College, Harrington College of Design, Katharine Gibbs School, Gibbs College, McIntosh College, Missouri College, Lehigh Valley College, Trident University International, International Academy of Design and Technology, Kendall College, and University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Zero individual approvals recorded — all relief is through the Sweet settlement; 57% of applications still pending.
† Altierus Career College / Education (51,570): Altierus Career College and Altierus Career Education, operating as Corinthian successor campuses under Zenith Education Group.
† Art Institutes / EDMC (47,230): All Art Institute campuses, Illinois Institute of Art, New England Institute of Art, Miami International University of Art & Design (Education Management Corporation).

Data rounded to nearest 10; values below 10 redacted in source. "Settlement Relief" = Sweet v. McMahon class action settlement (N.D. Cal. 4:19-cv-03674).
Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, Digital Customer Care (DCC) System · Data as of January-end 2026