Fortis College-Dothan
For-profit College in Dothan, AL. Median 10-year earnings $32,754.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $32,754, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 30:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 298 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 298 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,610 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $18,428 at $0–30k, $25,168 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $6,018. Borrowing is widespread: 68% take federal loans.
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 · 156 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 | $18,428 |
| $30–48k | $20,085 |
| $48–75k | $17,639 |
| $75–110k | $24,753 |
| $110k+ | $25,168 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 202 of these 298 students, totalling $1,447,263 — an average of $7,165 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Houston 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)