B. Credit Quality Tier Default Rates
The credit quality tiers were defined by Experian and LexisNexis Risk Solutions for their respective scores. The default rates,
detailed below, represent the percent of consumers in each credit quality tier that will become 90 days past due.
Appendix Table 3: VantageScore default rates by credit quality tier
VantageScore credit quality tier
Score range for
Consumer Financial Health Study data
Score range for
default rate data*
Default rate
(90 days past due)
0.4%
Super Prime
740-850
731-850
Prime
680-739
671-730 2.8%
Non-prime
620-679
611-670 7.5%
Subprime
550-619
551-610 17.0%
Deep Subprime
300-549
300-550
33.8%
*Though we were unable to secure default rates for the VantageScore data ranges available in the Consumer Financial Health Study dataset, default rates were
available for ranges that were close.
Appendix Table 4: RiskView default rates by credit quality tier
RiskView credit quality tier
Score range
Super Prime
781-900
Default rate
(90 days past due)
0.7%
Prime 701-780
2.4%
Non-prime 621-700
8.0%
Subprime 541-620
25.6%
Deep Subprime
55.4%
501-540
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