CFPB · Slower timely-response band

ACS Education Services

1.4K CFPB complaints · 95.1% timely (slow band) · top issue Dealing with my lender or servicer.

1.4K CFPB complaints

ACS Education Services answers 95.1% on time (lower third) across 1.4K filings. Relief 4.7% · top product Student loan. Allegations, not findings.

  • Volume rank #282 of 342
  • Slower timely-response band
  • -99.1% filings 2012 to 2026

CFPB relief outcome brief

CCDB company acs-education-services

4.7% relief · 95.1% timely · 1.4K filings · Student loan

Nearest relief peer: Mohela (4.8% relief)

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Closed-with-relief % among ACS Education Services and nearest filing-volume peers

ACS Education Services closes 4.7% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →

Most of ACS Education Services's 1.4K filings include narrative text

42% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.

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Timely response rate 95.1%
Federal benchmark

CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.

Relief rate 4.7%
Industry median (≥10 complaints)

Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

ACS Education Services complaint mix by product

Total complaints: 1.4K

ACS Education Services complaint mix by product Horizontal strip chart. Width of each segment is proportional to that category's share of the 1.4K total complaints. Trend arrow shows rolling 12-month direction. Inline badge shows resolution rate (% closed with relief). Student loan: 1,165 complaints (84.4%), resolution 5.5% Student loan 84.4% Credit reporting,: 115 complaints (8.3%), resolution 0.0% Credit reporting, 8.3% Debt collection: 84 complaints (6.1%), resolution 0.0% Debt collection 6.1% Credit reporting: 11 complaints (0.8%), resolution 0.0% Consumer Loan: 2 complaints (0.1%), resolution 0.0% Money transfer,: 2 complaints (0.1%), resolution 0.0% Bank account: 1 complaints (0.1%), resolution 100.0%
  • Student loan 1K 84.4% 6% relief
  • Credit reporting, 115 8.3% 0% relief
  • Debt collection 84 6.1% 0% relief
  • Credit reporting 11 0.8% 0% relief
  • Consumer Loan 2 0.1% 0% relief
  • Money transfer, 2 0.1% 0% relief
  • Bank account 1 0.1% 100% relief

Lighter-volume mix: how ACS Education Services's 1.4K complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution badge = % closed with relief.

Complaints by Product

Product Complaints
Student loan 1.2K
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports 115
Debt collection 84
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports 11
Consumer Loan 2
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service 2
Bank account or service 1
Credit reporting 1

Nationwide filing states for ACS Education Services

Top states by attributed volume, lighter-filing company

Nationwide footprint
Leading state
CA
14.4% of this company's filings
CA199NY113TX98FL85GA71PA59IL59MD56

ACS Education Services falling annual filings

Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database

Falling vs first year
2026
1
-99.1% vs 2012
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Top States

State Complaints
CA 199
NY 113
TX 98
FL 85
GA 71
PA 59
IL 59
MD 56
VA 51
OH 48
MA 46
NJ 36
CO 34
NC 30
WA 29
MN 29
AZ 26
MI 24
OR 22
DC 18

Top Issues

Issue Complaints
Dealing with my lender or servicer 453
Dealing with your lender or servicer 308
Repaying your loan 162
Can't repay my loan 138
Incorrect information on your report 114
Struggling to repay your loan 40
Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem 39
Problems when you are unable to pay 28
Attempts to collect debt not owed 22
False statements or representation 13
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed 12
Communication tactics 11
Disclosure verification of debt 9
Written notification about debt 7
Getting a loan 5
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action 4
Improper contact or sharing of info 3
Improper use of your report 2
Taking/threatening an illegal action 2
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem 1

Yearly Trend

Year Complaints Timely
2012 106 98.1%
2013 89 100%
2014 125 99.2%
2015 93 94.6%
2016 301 95%
2017 276 98.9%
2018 133 97%
2019 101 85.1%
2020 39 76.9%
2021 32 93.8%
2022 39 87.2%
2023 22 81.8%
2024 13 76.9%
2025 11 100%
2026 1 100%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

ACS Education Services in the slower-timely third

ACS Education Services's 1,381 logged complaints reach a nationwide footprint - 54 states have at least one filing. 42% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2012 through 2026-04-30. Timely response 95.1% sits in the lower third of the corpus.

ACS Education Services answers 95.1% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window (timely band: slow) and closes 4.7% with relief; 94.9% close with a written explanation. Consumers disputed 0% of responses after the company replied. Top product "Student loan" · top issue "Dealing with my lender or servicer."

A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about ACS Education Services.

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for ACS Education Services: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.

Data sourced from official public datasets for ACS Education Services (#282 of 342; 95.1% timely; 4.7% relief). methodology.

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