Georgia students paid $14,815 to attend the two-year private for-profit institution this year – $184 more than the $14,631 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 96 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 88 students received grants or scholarships totaling $501,142 and 77 students took out student loans totaling more than $584,701.
Including all undergraduates (613), 505 students used grants or scholarships totaling $2.4 million, and 383 students took out $2.8 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
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In-state | ~601 | $13,419 | $13,419 | $14,631 | $14,815 | 10.4% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Fortis College-Smyrna in 2015-16.Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
---|---|---|---|---|
Federal grants | 85 | 89% | $466,613 | $5,490 |
State / local grant or scholarship | - | 1% | - | - |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 42 | 44% | $32,028 | $763 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 88 | 92% | $501,142 | $5,695 |
Federal student loans | 77 | 80% | $580,026 | $7,533 |
Other student loans | - | 2% | - | - |
Student loan aid | 77 | 80% | $584,701 | $7,594 |
Total student aid | 92 | 96% | - | - |