Fortis College-Columbia
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 32.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,829 borrowers who entered repayment, 76 (4.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Fortis College-Columbia
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Fortis College-Columbia vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Fortis College-Columbia selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectFortis College-Columbia | 43% | — | 582 | $27,508 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southeastern College-Columbia | — | 97.3% | 267 | $37,856 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southeastern College-Charleston | — | 98.1% | 226 | $36,778 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Baton Rouge | — | — | 482 | $23,826 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Blue Cliff College-Alexandria | — | — | 345 | $22,485 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Smyrna | — | — | 607 | $24,705 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | 43% | 97.7% | 414 | $26,107 |
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