Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville
For-profit College in Lawrenceville, NJ. Median 10-year earnings $36,920.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,920, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — 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. 53% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 41:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. 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. The undergraduate body is just 547, 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 547 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,914 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,982 at $0–30k against $28,702 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 81% get grants averaging $6,145, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 236 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 | $21,982 |
| $30–48k | $22,367 |
| $48–75k | $23,482 |
| $75–110k | $27,053 |
| $110k+ | $28,702 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 412 of these 547 students, totalling $2,554,707 — an average of $6,201 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mercer County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026