-25pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 25 pp at Fortis Institute-Scranton vs the 2003–2007 baseline (46.8% vs 72.1%).
Pennsylvania · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
Fortis Institute-Scranton
Scranton, Pennsylvania. 205 undergraduate students. 13 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Fortis Institute-Scranton
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Fortis Institute-Scranton fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.8% → 0.0%).
-15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Fortis Institute-Scranton fell 15% between 2006 and 2009 (261 → 222).
-46%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Fortis Institute-Scranton fell 46% between 2021 and 2024 ($28.2k → $15.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$30,224-3% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$31,301
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry46.8%-33% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$8,063+284% · '97→'20
At program completion205+335% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS55.3%-16% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-14% · '01→'13
latest cohort$14,444-37% · '11→'24
out-of-state $14,444SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.6%Median federal debt $8,063 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $30,224 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-33%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · completion · 150% fell
90.2% → 60.2%
-16%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · retention fell
70.0% → 59.1%
+86%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · undergrad enrollment rose
51 → 222
-37%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · in-state tuition fell
$24,190 → $15,348
+284%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · median debt rose
$2,475 → $9,500
-100%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · cohort default rate fell
13.2% → 0.0%
+28%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · earnings_median_10yr rose
$23,700 → $30,224
+58%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · earnings_median_8yr rose
$19,800 → $31,271
+41%
Fortis Institute-Scranton · earnings_median_6yr rose
$22,200 → $31,301
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$49,863Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$48,989Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$48,393Ground Transportation.$47,644Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$38,300Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$31,462Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$29,175Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$28,910Health and Medical Administrative Services.$21,689Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$20,631
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$38,300Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$28,910Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$48,989Health and Medical Administrative Services.$21,689Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services.$20,631Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$31,462Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$29,175
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Fortis Institute-Scranton
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
-$11,313
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $25,348
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Fortis Institute-Scranton graduates earn $X” — not “Fortis Institute-Scranton makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Fortis Institute-Scranton caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.