Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Fortis College-Centerville

Centerville, OH · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$357,668 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
−121%Modeled 10-year ROI
$38,898Observed 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
−$357,668at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$296,6480
2
4
6
8
−$357,66810
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$14,440
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$14,440
Sticker price
Average net price$29,162
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$35,305
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 Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
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

$29,162Average net price / year
$35,305Cost of attendance
$13,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$138/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$38,898Median earnings · year 5 after completion
43.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
547Student 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$27,714
$30–48k$28,526
$48–75k$34,332
$75–110kNot available
$110k+$35,305
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$38,898
Year 6$33,284
Year 10$34,726
Full-time retention
52.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
41.9%

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.

36thEarnings percentile
29thCompletion 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.

$37,193Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$22,945Median federal debt across categories that report debt
56%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,788Year 1
$51,591Year 4
$38,898Year 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$85,1662Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$75,6503Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$67,9554Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,0615Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$37,1936Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$36,6087Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,2028Human Resources Management and Services · Associate's Degree$35,218

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

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $75,650 reported+22%vs same-degree national median$44,682federal debt2Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $67,955 reported+21%vs same-degree national median$22,945federal debt3Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $36,202 reported+8%vs same-degree national median$14,167federal debt4Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $85,166 reported+5%vs same-degree national median$37,444federal debt5Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $34,554 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$11,466federal debt6Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $46,061 reported-4%vs same-degree national median$13,000federal debt
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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$85,166$37,444Not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$75,650$44,682Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$67,955$22,94539
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,061$13,00037
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$37,193$26,582Not reported
Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$36,608Not availableNot reported
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,202$14,1679
Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate's Degree$35,218Not availableNot reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,554$11,46627

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.