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Fortis Institute - Birmingham was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Fortis Institute - Birmingham was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Since Fortis Institute - Birmingham has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Fortis Institute - Birmingham is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Fortis Institute - Birmingham is 23%. 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 29% rate at Fortis Institute - Birmingham 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 551 full-time undergraduates at Fortis Institute - Birmingham.
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 - Birmingham, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Fortis Institute - Birmingham, approximately 88% of students took out student loans averaging $7,250 a year. That adds up to $29,000 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Fortis Institute - Birmingham is 16.3%. 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 Institute - Birmingham are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 London Pkwy, Birmingham, AL 35211 |
| Phone: | 205-940-7800 |
| Website: | www.fortis.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 258 students took at least one online class at Fortis Institute - Birmingham. This is an increase from the 68 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 | 68 | 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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