Private for-profit · Community college

Fortis College-Centerville

Centerville, Ohio · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $29,162
Avg net price: 44%
Grad / completion: $34,726
Median earnings

Fortis College-Centerville is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Centerville, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 547 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 547 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Centerville, Ohio

Centerville is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. Following the signing of the Treaty of Greenville, which opened the Northwest Territory to settlement, Centerville was first surveyed in February 1796 by Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Archer, and Benjamin Robbins, three brothers-in-law who traveled from New Jersey through Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Centerville has the largest collection of early stone houses in the state of Ohio. Many are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Dayton, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 138 miles
Nearest airport: 18 miles to James M. Cox Dayton (DAY)

How Fortis College-Centerville compares

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 30% · #122 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention52%

Higher than 13%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,726

Higher than 48% · #96 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$29,162

Cheaper than 9% · #143 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$13,000

Lower than 22%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment547

Larger than 64%

Percentiles compare Fortis College-Centerville 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 Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women43680%
Men11120%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White53%
Black35%
Hispanic3.5%
Asian1.5%
Other or multiracial7.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 547
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 80%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 67%
Median family income: $16,752
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $56,007

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $14,440
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,229
Total cost of attendance: $35,305
Average net price: $29,162

Outcomes

Graduated: 44%
First-year retention: 52%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,284
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,726
Median debt at graduation: $13,000
Students with federal loans: 81%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 14%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

44%

Low-income (Pell)

39%

First-generation

39%

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

$27,714

$30–48k

$28,526

$48–75k

$34,332

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$35,305

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.

54%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$578

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 54% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $578. 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 39 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): $34,726
Typical debt at graduation: $13,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 37%
Out-earn a HS grad: 46%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.7 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

$33,295

Men

$40,246

Men out-earn women by $6,951 (21%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 41″
Annual snow: 12.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dayton Wright Bros AP, OH US station (5.5 mi from campus).

What Fortis College-Centerville graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

75 grads$66k 1 yr$75k 5 yr$37k debt

75$66,396$75,091$37,444 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

41 grads$48k 1 yr$60k 5 yr$23k debt

41$47,880$60,340$22,945 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

21 grads$37k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$13k debt

21$36,981$42,970$13,000 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

21 grads$29k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$11k debt

21$28,653$32,429$11,466 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

14 grads$27k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$14k debt

14$26,550$28,449$14,167 Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

— grads$64k 1 yr$55k 5 yr$45k debt

—$63,653$55,260$44,682 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$26k 5 yr— debt

——$26,253—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$27k 5 yr— debt

——$26,874—Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

— grads$20k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$27k debt

—$19,635$31,090$26,582 Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr— debt

——$35,971—Human Resources Management and ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

——$33,942—

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.