by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Fortis College - Columbia was awarded 4 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Fortis College - Columbia was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Fortis College - Columbia since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Fortis College - Columbia, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Fortis College - Columbia is 31%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 40% rate at Fortis College - Columbia is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 569 undergraduates at Fortis College - Columbia with 568 being full-time and 1 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Fortis College - Columbia, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Fortis College - Columbia, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $8,297 a year. That adds up to $33,188 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Fortis College - Columbia is 16.4%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for Fortis College - Columbia are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 246 Stoneridge Dr Ste 101, Columbia, SC 29210 |
| Phone: | 803-678-4800 |
| Website: | https://www.fortis.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 330 students took at least one online class at Fortis College - Columbia. This is an increase from the 247 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 330 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 247 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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