Which Fortis Institute-Towson certificate program has the lowest debt?

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates leave with a median of $6,333 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Fortis Institute-Towson certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Fortis Institute-Towson cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $16,669 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $31,549.

How many Fortis Institute-Towson programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 8 certificate programs at Fortis Institute-Towson report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Fortis Institute-Towson Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit school
Towson, MD
354 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Fortis Institute-Towson certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($49,956), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($24,564). The median program pays $30,674. Fortis Institute-Towson also has 3 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition for the largest program$16,669Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$31,549After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate44%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Maryland. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Maryland
1	NursingGraduates a year not reported	$69,200	$75,709	$42,650	11th of 12
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$48,753	$50,560	$32,278	8th of 8
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$33,080	$32,123	$25,125	4th of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Maryland ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Maryland programs in the field do too.

All 8 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Maryland. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Maryland
1	Practical NursingGraduates a year not reported	$49,956	$52,884	$28,378	4th of 6
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$36,243	$42,664	$6,333	6th of 6
3	HVACGraduates a year not reported	$35,785	$43,961	$13,000	2nd of 3
4	Welding and MachiningGraduates a year not reported	$31,899	$34,564	$13,000	2nd of 3
5	Massage TherapyAbout 22 graduates a year	$29,449	$21,640	$7,600	1st of 3
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 11 graduates a year	$29,157	$34,242	$13,940	2nd of 3
7	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 82 graduates a year	$27,198	$32,202	$10,263	1st of 2
8	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year	$24,564	$27,731	$13,167	1st of 2

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Practical Nursing$49,956
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$36,243
HVAC$35,785
Welding and Machining$31,899
Massage Therapy$29,449

Lowest median debt

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$6,333
Massage Therapy$7,600
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$10,263
HVAC$13,000
Welding and Machining$13,000

Largest programs

Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 82 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year
Massage TherapyAbout 22 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 11 graduates a year

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $49,956 in their first year, the most of 8 Fortis Institute-Towson certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Maryland rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels