Private for-profit · Community college

Fortis Institute-Towson

Towson, Maryland · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $31,549
Avg net price: 44%
Grad / completion: $36,368
Median earnings

Fortis Institute-Towson is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Towson, Maryland (small city setting), enrolling 354 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 354 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Towson, Maryland

Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The first inhabitants of the future Towson and central Baltimore County region were the Susquehannock people, who hunted in the area. Their region included all of Baltimore County, though their primary settlement was farther northeast along the Susquehanna River. In the 1990s Towson was the center of the Towson Glen Arm music and art collective. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Baltimore, MD
To the ocean: 9 miles
Nearest airport: 16 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub

How Fortis Institute-Towson compares

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 31% · #18 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention48%

Higher than 9%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,368

Higher than 54% · #19 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$31,549

Cheaper than 6% · #38 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$12,547

Lower than 25%

Student–faculty ratio35 : 1

Lower than 2%

Undergraduate enrollment354

Larger than 56%

Percentiles compare Fortis Institute-Towson 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

Women25873%
Men9627%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White3.4%
Black90%
Hispanic2.5%
Asian1.4%
Other or multiracial3.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 354
Student–faculty ratio: 35 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 76%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $15,144

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: $31,549

Outcomes

Graduated: 44%
First-year retention: 48%
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: 68%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 18%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

44%

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

$31,083

$30–48k

$32,057

$48–75k

$32,435

$75–110k

$36,316

$110k+

$37,479

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.

76%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$89

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 76% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $89. 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 283 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: 86°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 43.7″
Annual snow: 19.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cylburn, MD US station (4.4 mi from campus).

What Fortis Institute-Towson graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

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

82$27,198$32,202$10,263 Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

48 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

48———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

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

30$24,564$27,731$13,167 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCert.

22 grads$29k 1 yr$22k 5 yr$8k debt

22$29,449$21,640$7,600 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

11 grads$29k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$14k debt

11$29,157$34,242$13,940 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

— grads$36k 1 yr$44k 5 yr$13k debt

—$35,785$43,961$13,000 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

— grads$32k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$13k debt

—$31,899$34,564$13,000 Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

— grads$33k 1 yr$32k 5 yr$25k debt

—$33,080$32,123$25,125 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$28k 5 yr— debt

——$27,652—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$27k 5 yr— debt

——$27,367—Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

— grads$36k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$6k debt

—$36,243$42,664$6,333 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

— grads$49k 1 yr$51k 5 yr$32k debt

—$48,753$50,560$32,278

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.