Private for-profit · Community college

Fortis College-Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $25,781
Avg net price: 50%
Grad / completion: $32,886
Median earnings

Fortis College-Baton Rouge is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (large suburb setting), enrolling 482 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 482 undergradsLarge suburb

About Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. Baton Rouge has an extensive park collection presided over by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The largest park is City Park near the Louisiana State University flagship campus. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to Baton Rouge, LA
To the ocean: 38 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Baton Rouge Metropolitan (BTR)

How Fortis College-Baton Rouge compares

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 38% · #50 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention63%

Higher than 30%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,886

Higher than 42% · #16 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$25,781

Cheaper than 16% · #65 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$12,346

Lower than 26%

Student–faculty ratio32 : 1

Lower than 4%

Undergraduate enrollment482

Larger than 61%

Percentiles compare Fortis College-Baton Rouge 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 Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women37177%
Men11123%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White12%
Black84%
Hispanic2.5%
Other or multiracial2.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 482
Student–faculty ratio: 32 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 86%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 44%
Median family income: $16,204
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $45,810

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,467
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,224
Total cost of attendance: $33,133
Average net price: $25,781

Outcomes

Graduated: 50%
First-year retention: 63%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $34,430
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $32,886
Median debt at graduation: $12,346
Students with federal loans: 69%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 28%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

50%

Low-income (Pell)

60%

First-generation

60%

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

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$25,690

$30–48k

$26,614

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

74%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$105

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 74% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $105. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 54 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $32,886
Typical debt at graduation: $12,346
Debt vs. one year's pay: 38%
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.8 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

$31,068

Men

$44,800

Men out-earn women by $13,732 (44%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 40°F
Annual rain: 60.5″
Annual snow: 0.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lsu Ben-Hur Farm, LA US station (8.5 mi from campus).

What Fortis College-Baton Rouge graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

121 grads$26k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$10k debt

121$25,556$31,185$9,500 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

29 grads$46k 1 yr$49k 5 yr$31k debt

29$46,193$49,382$30,918 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

27 grads$36k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$13k debt

27$36,485$42,934$13,000 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

9 grads$41k 1 yr$39k 5 yr$35k debt

9$40,819$39,334$35,304 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

8 grads$27k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$14k debt

8$26,833$32,926$13,875 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

— grads$32k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$13k debt

—$31,554$34,425$12,994 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

— grads$30k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$11k debt

—$29,714$38,398$10,522 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

— grads$66k 1 yr$78k 5 yr$35k debt

—$66,276$78,102$34,966 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

— grads$46k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$25k debt

—$45,996$51,539$24,708

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.