Fortis Institute-Towson
For-profit College in Towson, MD. Median 10-year earnings $36,368.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,368, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Median debt at graduation is $12,547, 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 0.35 — 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. Retention is weak: only 48% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. A 35:1 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. This is a small school — 736 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 736 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,549 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $31,083 at $0–30k against $37,479 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $5,980. Most students borrow — 68% 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 · 430 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 | $31,083 |
| $30–48k | $32,057 |
| $48–75k | $32,435 |
| $75–110k | $36,316 |
| $110k+ | $37,479 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 503 of these 736 students, totalling $3,104,273 — an average of $6,172 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baltimore County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)