Private for-profit · Community college

Fortis College-Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $29,614
Avg net price: 50%
Grad / completion: $36,368
Median earnings

Fortis College-Cincinnati is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cincinnati, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 500 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 500 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Two years after the founding of the settlement then known as "Losantiville", Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory, changed its name to "Cincinnati", possibly at the suggestion of the surveyor Israel Ludlow, in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. Cincinnati was platted and proliferated by American settlers, including Scotch Irish, frontiersmen, and keelboaters. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 13 miles to Cincinnati, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 167 miles
Nearest airport: 13 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Fortis College-Cincinnati compares

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 36% · #112 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,368

Higher than 54% · #87 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$29,614

Cheaper than 9% · #145 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$12,547

Lower than 25%

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment500

Larger than 62%

Percentiles compare Fortis College-Cincinnati 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

Women36473%
Men13627%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White21%
Black69%
Hispanic1.8%
Asian2.4%
Other or multiracial5.2%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 500
Student–faculty ratio: 21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 82%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 71%
Median family income: $15,144
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $49,950

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $14,763
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,252
Total cost of attendance: $36,925
Average net price: $29,614

Outcomes

Graduated: 50%
First-year retention: 50%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,189
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,368
Median debt at graduation: $12,547
Students with federal loans: 78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 18%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

50%

Low-income (Pell)

53%

First-generation

52%

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

$29,050

$30–48k

$29,710

$48–75k

$31,124

$75–110k

$31,666

$110k+

$36,925

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.

72%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$319

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 72% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $319. 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 64 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): $36,368
Typical debt at graduation: $12,547
Debt vs. one year's pay: 35%
Out-earn a HS grad: 45%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.5 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

$35,253

Men

$41,523

Men out-earn women by $6,270 (18%) 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: 87°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 41.4″
Annual snow: 16″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, OH US station (7 mi from campus).

What Fortis College-Cincinnati graduates study — and earn

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

56 grads$36k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$13k debt

56$35,785$43,961$13,000 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

47 grads$27k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$10k debt

47$27,198$32,202$10,263 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

31 grads$69k 1 yr$76k 5 yr$43k debt

31$69,200$75,709$42,650 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

24 grads$32k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$13k debt

24$31,899$34,564$13,000 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

22 grads$50k 1 yr$53k 5 yr$28k debt

22$49,956$52,884$28,378 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

16 grads$25k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$13k debt

16$24,564$27,731$13,167

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.