Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Fortis College-Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$359,854 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−127%Modeled 10-year ROI
$37,327Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$359,854at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$283,1240
2
4
6
8
−$359,85410
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$16,467
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$16,467
Sticker price
Average net price$25,781
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$33,133
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Suburban
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$25,781Average net price / year
$33,133Cost of attendance
$12,346Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$131/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$37,327Median earnings · year 5 after completion
50.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
482Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$25,690
$30–48k$26,614
$48–75kNot available
$75–110kNot available
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$37,327
Year 6$34,430
Year 10$32,886
Full-time retention
63.4%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
45.0%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

33thEarnings percentile
39thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$45,551Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,875Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,361Year 1
$39,556Year 4
$37,327Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$75,3112Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$57,4163Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,2704Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$47,4935Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,5516Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,3497Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,0778Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,675

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$75,311$34,966Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$57,416$30,918Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$53,270$24,708Not reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$47,493$35,304Not reported
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,551$13,00035
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,349$10,5227
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,077$9,500203
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,675$13,87516
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$12,994Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.