Location: Institute, West Virginia
West Virginia State University accepts 96% of applicants, but out of the more than 3,850 students, only 22% of them complete the program on average. Then there’s the pitiful average salary of under $30,000 – six years after graduation.
When you’ve got loans from WVSU that total approximately $31,000, it seems like there are much better choices, although maybe not so much in the direct vicinity.
Waldorf University
Location: Forest City, Iowa
Waldorf University has an interesting past, as a part of the Forest City Great Hotel War. But its rich history doesn’t prevent its low graduation rate, which is currently sitting around 31%. Plus, loans can get expensive, and you may find yourself facing off with nearly $28,000 in debt on average.
Nonetheless, Waldorf has some pretty good academic and athletic programs and has seen its share of notable graduates, including NFL player Ian Beckles and novelist Rebecca Fjelland Davis.
LeMoyne-Owen College
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
LeMoyne-Owen is just bad news all around. The numbers are all over the place – and definitely not in a good way. The average salary of a graduate is less than $29,000 six years after entry. And that’s for the 20% of students who actually do graduate.
But if all of that wasn’t bad enough, graduates also get stuck with an average of nearly $37,000 in loan debt. According to the statistics, it seems like you should stay far, far away from this school.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, Alabama This school made the list for a couple of reasons, the first of which being the fact they have one of the highest property crime rates in the country.
Sadly, the only graduate 55% of their students, which is low comparatively speaking (but definitely not the lowest).
DeVry University
Location: Chicago, Illinois
DeVry University is ranked among some of the worst schools in the country according to numerous publications including Consumer Affairs and Grad Reports. As many of the classes are online and can feel very impersonal.
The graduation rate is just under 21%, and students tend to come away from their time at the school loaded up with debt – over $30,000 to be exact – and little else to show for it. According to multiple former online students, getting to talk to someone about any issues you’re experiencing can be a runaround, customer service phone line type of process.