Associate's · Towson, Maryland

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at Fortis Institute-Towson worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $60,012; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $59,028; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $26,166; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $46k (likely $45k – $64k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.2 years (likely 2.1–5.6); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $37k (likely −$46k – $132k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $206k (likely $50k – $392k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 47%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26