Fortis Institute-Forty Fort
For-profit College in Forty Fort, PA. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $30,224.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,224 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 58% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Being a for-profit short-program school is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 159 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,489 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,301 at $0–30k, $24,615 at $75–110k. About 70% get grants averaging $6,685, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 60% 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 · 26 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 | $22,301 |
| $30–48k | $20,856 |
| $48–75k | $28,411 |
| $75–110k | $24,615 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 96 of these 159 students, totalling $631,205 — an average of $6,575 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Luzerne County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026