Fortis College-Cutler Bay
For-profit College in Cutler Bay, FL. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $34,726.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,726, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. 33% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 22:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. 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. At 372 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 372 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,563 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $21,759 at $0–30k, $24,273 at $48–75k. 82% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,994 — common but not automatic. 81% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 12 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 | $21,759 |
| $30–48k | $22,407 |
| $48–75k | $24,273 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 300 of these 372 students, totalling $2,596,582 — an average of $8,655 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami-Dade County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause (Significantly out of compliance - student achievement); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)