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Fortis Institute - Cookeville was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical/medical laboratory science.
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Fortis Institute - Cookeville was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Fortis Institute - Cookeville 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 at Fortis Institute - Cookeville is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Fortis Institute - Cookeville is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Fortis Institute - Cookeville this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 302 full-time undergraduates at Fortis Institute - Cookeville.
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 Institute - Cookeville, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Fortis Institute - Cookeville, approximately 85% of students took out student loans averaging $8,778 a year. That adds up to $35,112 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Fortis Institute - Cookeville is 13.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Fortis Institute - Cookeville are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1025 Highway 111, Cookeville, TN 38501-4305 |
| Phone: | 931-526-3660 |
| Website: | www.fortis.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 258 students took at least one online class at Fortis Institute - Cookeville. This is an increase from the 200 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 258 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 200 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 66 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Fortis Institute - Cookeville.
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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