Fortis College-Cincinnati
For-profit College in Cincinnati, OH. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $36,368.
Students who entered Fortis College-Cincinnati reach a median of $36,368 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 50%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,547.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 50% finish inside six years. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. The undergraduate body is just 411, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 411 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,177 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($29,050 versus $36,925), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 84% get grants averaging $7,415, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 78% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 56 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $29,050 |
| $30–48k | $29,710 |
| $48–75k | $31,124 |
| $75–110k | $31,666 |
| $110k+ | $36,925 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 322 of these 411 students, totalling $2,664,266 — an average of $8,274 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hamilton County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)