Private for-profit · Community college

Cortiva Institute

Maitland, Florida · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $28,407
Avg net price: 70%
Grad / completion: $27,193
Median earnings

Cortiva Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Maitland, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 159 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 159 undergradsLarge suburbMild winters

About Maitland, Florida

Maitland is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States, part of the Greater Orlando area. Maitland is one of the oldest incorporated suburban municipalities in central Florida. The town was originally named for a nearby Lake, which honored Captain William Seton Maitland, who fought in the Second Seminole Indian War, and was slain in the Battle of Wahoo Swamp. The Maitland Center was established in 1982 adjacent to Interstate 4. Today its 226 acres (91 ha) include over 400 businesses and over 45 office buildings. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Orlando, FL
To the ocean: 35 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Orlando Sanford (SFB) · major hub

How Cortiva Institute compares

Graduation rate70%

Higher than 62% · #103 of 211 in Florida

First-year retention73%

Higher than 51%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$27,193

Higher than 25% · #120 of 171 in Florida

Average net price$28,407

Cheaper than 11% · #171 cheapest of 207 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$7,521

Lower than 79%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment159

Larger than 39%

Percentiles compare Cortiva Institute with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Florida.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women13082%
Men2918%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White30%
Black21%
Hispanic43%
Asian4.4%
Other or multiracial1.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 159
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 52%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 53%
Median family income: $17,597

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $28,407

Outcomes

Graduated: 70%
First-year retention: 73%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $25,080
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $27,193
Median debt at graduation: $7,521
Students with federal loans: 51%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 38%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

70%

Low-income (Pell)

65%

First-generation

66%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$27,844

$30–48k

$28,317

$48–75k

$29,244

$75–110k

$28,873

$110k+

$32,315

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Cortiva Institute funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $27,193
Typical debt at graduation: $7,521
Debt vs. one year's pay: 28%
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$26,793

Men

$29,906

Men out-earn women by $3,113 (12%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 52°F
Annual rain: 51.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Orlando Executive AP, FL US station (7 mi from campus).

What Cortiva Institute graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

119 grads$22k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$8k debt

119$21,856$26,665$7,797 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

39 grads$23k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$8k debt

39$22,969$25,580$7,917

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.