Program Payoff

Fortis College-Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina. 4 certificate and associate programs, private, for-profit. 4 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in South Carolina.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's degree $29,028 $53,671 (229) $82,360
Registered Nurses
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) Undergraduate certificate $13,000 $30,047 (237) $56,610
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $25,079 (723) $41,160
Medical Assistants
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate $13,000 $24,109 (233) $47,320
Dental Assistants

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.