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.
West Virginia State University
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.
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.
Hollins University
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Hollins University could be worse, but it also has some serious room for improvement that should be taken into consideration when looking for schools.
For instance, the tuition is higher than average, at nearly $37,000. When you add on living expenses, students shell out about $53,000 every year.
Agnes Scott College
Location: Decatur, Georgia
This Southern school doesn’t offer graduates much in the form of a median salary, which is around $39,000 10 years after they begin their journey at Agnes Scott.
Compare that to the annual attendance cost of $41,160, and you can see why maybe it’s best to keep searching for other colleges.