Fortis College-Columbus

Westerville, Ohio

  • Trade or career school
  • Private for-profit
  • Suburb
  • 766 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $55,871 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $43,719 a year after finishingNationally: $42,278

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 66 finishedGraduates here earned $32,432 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 30 finishedGraduates here earned $53,185 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 98 finishedGraduates here earned $75,474 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$32,364$30–48k$33,840$48–75k$33,422$75–110k$36,135Over $110k$40,203Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$33,067per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$40,203sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
78%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
33%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,2586 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$40,84310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$12,667federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
56%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
11%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Fortis College-Columbus, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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