{"id":2779,"date":"2026-10-28T20:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/?page_id=2779"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:51:55","slug":"federal-student-loan-cohort-default-rate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/federal-student-loan-cohort-default-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Student Loan Cohort Default Rate\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal Student Loan Cohort Default Rate\u00a0| Tarleton State University <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a Cohort Default Rate? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A school\u2019s cohort default rate (CDR) is the percentage of a school\u2019s students who had certain federal student loans enter repayment in a federal fiscal year and then default before the end of the cohort default rate period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cohort default rates are based on federal fiscal years. Federal fiscal years begin October 1st of a calendar year and end on September 30th of the following calendar year. Each federal fiscal year refers to the calendar year in which it ends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Tarleton State University, we are dedicated to promoting financial transparency and providing valuable information to our students and the community. As part of our commitment to openness, we disclose our Cohort Default Rate (CDR) on an annual basis, regardless of whether it rises above or remains below the national average. If Tarleton State University\u2019s CDR exceeds the national average, we will promptly notify identified Service Members via email of the updated CDR status.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tarleton State University\u2019s most recent CDRs:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FY 2023: 0.4%&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FY 2022: 0%&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FY 2021: 0%&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FY 2020: 0%&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please refer to the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/fsapartners.ed.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/attachments\/2019-06\/CDRGuideCh2Pt1CDRCalculation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cohort Default Rate Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u202ffor a more in-depth description of cohort default rates and how the rates are calculated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should you have any questions or concerns regarding our cohort default rate notification process or any other financial aid matters, please do not hesitate to contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Financial Aid<\/a> for assistance.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Student Loan Cohort Default Rate\u00a0| Tarleton State University What is a Cohort Default Rate? A school\u2019s cohort default rate (CDR) is the percentage of a school\u2019s students who had &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":643,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2779","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/author\/kkirktarleton-edu\/","display_name":"Kendall Krebs"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 19 hours ago","modified":"Updated 18 hours ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 28, 2026","modified":"Updated on October 28, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 28, 2026 8:07 pm","modified":"Updated on October 28, 2026 8:51 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2782,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779\/revisions\/2782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}