What is the most common complaint against Lincoln Educational Services Corporation?

The most common issue consumers report about Lincoln Educational Services Corporation is "Attempts to collect debt not owed", specifically "Didn't receive enough information to verify debt". This is based on 43 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Lincoln Educational Services Corporation increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Lincoln Educational Services Corporation have been stable. The company received 8 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Lincoln Educational Services Corporation's reputation grade?

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation has a reputation grade of C (score: 58.0/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Lincoln Educational Services Corporation respond to consumer complaints?

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 33% of cases.

In how many states does Lincoln Educational Services Corporation operate?

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 14 states, with the most complaints from New York (8 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 14 states, reputation grade C.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Attempts to collect debt not owed

12
Written notification about debt

10
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

9
Communication tactics

5
False statements or representation

3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

2

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record lincoln-educational-services-corporation Lincoln Educational Services Corporation

Grade C · 43 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed · vol #1303 · compose #2696

VOL 43
GRADE C
12MO 8
STATES 14
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 33%
ISSUE Attempts to collect debt n…
RANK #1,303
COMPOSE #2,696

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Access Credit Management, Inc. (43 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation's 43 CFPB complaints sit next to Access Credit Management, Inc. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

Filing geometry

New York is the plurality state for Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (18.6%)

Volume rank #1,303 and composite rank #2,696 diverge by 1,393 places on PlainCollector's CFPB-derived corpus maps. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: New York 18.6%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 14 states with ≥1 filing
Seasonal peak: 2025-01 13.3%; 8–15% band · 2 filings
Divergent corpus ranks: #1,303 volume; #2,696 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,393 places worse than volume

How does Lincoln Educational Services Corporation compare to its peers?

How does Lincoln Educational Services Corporation compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Lincoln Educational Se… National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

33%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2018-09 2026-03

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Attempts to collect debt not owed	12
Written notification about debt	10
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	9
Communication tactics	5
False statements or representation	3
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	2
Disclosure verification of debt	1
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	1

Where do complaints against Lincoln Educational Services Corporation come from?

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

New York

8
Pennsylvania

7
Maryland

5
Massachusetts

4
New Jersey

4
Florida

3
Tennessee

3
Connecticut

2

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Lincoln Educational Services Corporation: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 43.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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