Private for-profit · Community college

Fortis College-Landover

Landover, Maryland · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $26,578
Avg net price: 47%
Grad / completion: $36,920
Median earnings

Fortis College-Landover is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Landover, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 566 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 566 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Landover, Maryland

Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Beall's Pleasure and Ridgley Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Harlem Renaissance Festival occurs at Kentland-Columbia Park Community Center in Landover every year in May. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Washington, DC
To the ocean: 10 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) · major hub

How Fortis College-Landover compares

Graduation rate47%

Higher than 34% · #16 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention51%

Higher than 12%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,920

Higher than 56% · #17 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$26,578

Cheaper than 15% · #35 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment566

Larger than 64%

Percentiles compare Fortis College-Landover 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 Maryland.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women36965%
Men19735%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White7.2%
Black63%
Hispanic21%
Asian2.3%
Other or multiracial6.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 566
Student–faculty ratio: 24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 74%
First-generation students: 64%
Students over 25: 47%
Median family income: $16,166
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $51,813

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,522
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,082
Total cost of attendance: $33,587
Average net price: $26,578

Outcomes

Graduated: 47%
First-year retention: 51%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,479
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,920
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 61%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 31%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

47%

Low-income (Pell)

70%

First-generation

74%

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

$26,196

$30–48k

$26,772

$48–75k

$28,202

$75–110k

$30,140

$110k+

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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.

32%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$98

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 32% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $98. 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 108 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): $36,920
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 44%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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

$36,219

Men

$41,711

Men out-earn women by $5,492 (15%) 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: 88°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 45.6″
Annual snow: 9.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Glenn Dale Bell Stn, MD US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Fortis College-Landover graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

133 grads$28k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$10k debt

133$27,871$33,309$9,500 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

84 grads$25k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$11k debt

84$25,232$32,876$11,250 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

30 grads$70k 1 yr$89k 5 yr$33k debt

30$70,276$88,828$32,500 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

22 grads$31k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$11k debt

22$30,540$38,106$10,813 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

16 grads$55k 1 yr— 5 yr$27k debt

16$54,855—$26,806

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.