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Fortis College-Montgomery

For-profit College in Montgomery, AL. Median 10-year earnings $26,652.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Fortis College-Montgomery · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$26,652
Median debt at grad
$9,500
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Fortis College-Montgomery reach a median of $26,652 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, 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.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
48%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
28:1

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Just 48% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 28:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$20,896
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
87%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
75%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 551 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $20,896 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($20,901 versus $21,639), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $6,036. 75% 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.

% receiving grants
96%
Average grant
$6,395

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 202 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 $20,901
$30–48k $22,206
$48–75k $21,639
$75–110k
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 414 of these 551 students, totalling $2,801,383 — an average of $6,767 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Montgomery County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$860/mo
1 bedroom
$870/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,016/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

VA caution flag

Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Other (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue

GI Bill students
36
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Fortis College-Montgomery

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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