Fortis Institute-Birmingham
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 10
- Aug 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2021Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2020Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
- Jul 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2018–19, students received in Pell grants, alongside $617K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2018–19
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,807 borrowers who entered repayment, 100 (5.5%) 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 Institute-Birmingham
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 Institute-Birmingham vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Fortis Institute-Birmingham 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 Institute-Birmingham | 34% | — | 613 | $22,914 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville | — | 94.0% | 225 | $27,104 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie | — | — | 546 | $25,465 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Richmond | — | — | 502 | $19,803 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career Institute-Orlando | — | 90.0% | 95 | $32,657 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Blue Cliff College-Alexandria | — | — | 345 | $22,485 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | 34% | 92.0% | 424 | $24,190 |
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