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A list of the 10 career colleges with the worst student-loan repayment rates. Figures are for 2008, and do not include Quebec, Nunavut or the Northwest Territories, which operate their own student-assistance programs. The list also does not include schools that have since closed or no longer qualify for financial aid programs.

1. Yellowquill College in Manitoba Repayment rate: 12%

2. Cognitive Strategies Inc. in Nova Scotia Repayment rate: 14%

3. Centre for Distance Education (CD-ED) in Nova Scotia Repayment rate: 20%

4. Academy of Learning in B.C. (Vancouver - Commercial Drive) Repayment rate: 22%

5. Headhunters School of Hair and Esthetics in B.C. Repayment rate: 23%

6. Academy of Learning in Saskatchewan (North Battleford) Repayment rate: 23%

7. Thames Valley College of Business and IT in Ontario Repayment rate: 23%

8. Loxx Academy of Hair Design Inc. in B.C. Repayment rate: 23%

9. M.C. College in Manitoba Repayment rate: 25%

10. Academy of Learning in B.C. (North Vancouver) Repayment rate: 26%

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