Fortis Institute-Port
Saint Lucie
For-profit College in Port Saint Lucie, FL. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $32,886.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $32,886, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 53%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $12,346, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
53% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Just 48% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. A 26:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Being a for-profit two-year institution 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 479, 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 479 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,707 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($24,303 versus $31,606), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 80% of students at an average of $6,513. Most students borrow — 80% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 42 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 | $24,303 |
| $30–48k | $24,318 |
| $48–75k | $24,534 |
| $75–110k | $29,970 |
| $110k+ | $31,606 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 382 of these 479 students, totalling $2,819,755 — an average of $7,382 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Lucie 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)