Location: Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania
Strayer University, located in Bensalem Township, doesn’t exactly have the best reputation among schools in New England, much less the country. Of course, it isn’t one of the worst of the worst, but it’s definitely somewhere in the middle. Strayer has a graduation rate of just 22%, which is slightly above what it was over the past couple of years.
They do, however, have a median salary of over $45,000, which is much higher than some other schools on this list. It may not be great compared to what’s possible, but it definitely beats $24,000!
Edward Waters College
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
This private college in Jacksonville is another whose reputation among alumni isn’t too positive. If you search for reviews, you’ll find a lot of three-star ratings, mainly about how disorganized everything seems to be. And that may contribute to the low graduation rate, which is less than 20%, and the pitiful median salary of graduates after six years – less than $30,000.
Couple that with the average student debt of nearly $23,000, and you can see why Edward Waters has earned its spot on this list.
Occidental College
Location: Los Angeles, California This school has a pretty large student body, comparatively speaking, with more than 2,000 undergraduate students in attendance last year alone.
But the payoff at Occidental hardly seems worth the payments. The college costs nearly $55,000 per year to attend, but the median salary ten years after entry is just over $50,000.
Virginia Union University
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Union only has a 25% graduation rate, which is much lower than the national average of around 55%. The cost of attendance is also much higher than the average, at $19,000. They only have a 41% acceptance rate, and graduates find themselves facing nearly $26,000 in loan debt.
They can also have a hard time paying off those loans, due to the $32,000 median salary. Which is most likely why over 15% of grads will default on their loan payments.
Stevens-Henager College
Location: Ogden, Utah
In 2014, the U.S Justice Department sued Stevens-Henager College in Ogden for paying recruiters to admit students. Unfortunately, many students who chose to attend are now saddled with nearly $35,000 in average loan debt.
The graduation rate is fairly high for the list at 42%, but almost 20% of students wind up defaulting, probably because of the low starting salary at just $24,200.