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Fortis College-Columbia

246 Stoneridge Dr Ste 101, Columbia, SC 29210 · Private for-profit 2-year · (803) 678-4800 · School website

Average net price

$20,404

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

213

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

43.4%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

77.2%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools Open admission (IPEDS) On South Carolina's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Fortis College-Columbia

Fortis College-Columbia reported 213 certificate and associate completions in 3 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in medical assistant (101). College Scorecard counts 582 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Medical assistant	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	101	$27,198
HVAC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	67	$35,785	WIOA list
Dental assistant	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	45	$24,564

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Fortis College-Columbia

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $14,777
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $14,777
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,178
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $20,404
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $12,547
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $36,368

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Fortis College-Columbia net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other medical assistant programs within 40 miles

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