Fortis College-Indianapolis
For-profit College in Indianapolis, IN. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $34,726.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,726 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 44%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,000.
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
44% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 48% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 21:1, 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. The undergraduate body is just 267, 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 267 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,918 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $27,497 at $0–30k, $34,815 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 83% of students at an average of $7,549. 74% 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 · 33 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 | $27,497 |
| $30–48k | $22,605 |
| $48–75k | $28,688 |
| $75–110k | $35,300 |
| $110k+ | $34,815 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 197 of these 267 students, totalling $1,537,978 — an average of $7,807 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion 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)