Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Fortis College-Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$381,216 over 10 years

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

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−128%Modeled 10-year ROI
$36,724Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
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
−$381,216at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$298,4560
2
4
6
8
−$381,21610
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$14,763
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$14,763
Sticker price
Average net price$29,614
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$36,925
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

$29,614Average net price / year
$36,925Cost of attendance
$12,547Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$133/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$36,724Median earnings · year 5 after completion
49.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
500Student 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$29,050
$30–48k$29,710
$48–75k$31,124
$75–110k$31,666
$110k+$36,925
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$36,724
Year 6$33,189
Year 10$36,368
Full-time retention
50.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
40.8%

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.

32thEarnings percentile
36thCompletion 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.

$46,867Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$31,547Year 1
$40,980Year 4
$36,724Year 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$80,3372Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,5043Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,3404Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,8675Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,0986Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$33,008

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$80,337$42,650Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,504$28,37826
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,340$13,00031
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,867$13,00036
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,098$10,26333
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$33,008$13,1677

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.