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Fortis Institute-Birmingham

Precision Metal Working

Birmingham, Alabama · Private for-profit · SOC 51-4121

As published · retrieved 2026-08-26

What the record says

Net price, per year
$25,946

Average paid after grant aid, across all first-time students at this institution.

Published tuition
$15,335

Before tools, books, exam fees and living costs.

Median debt at completion
$12,346

Federal loans, institution-wide, among students who completed.

Completion rate
34%

Finished within 150% of normal time. Institution-wide, all programs.

Earnings, 10 years after starting
$32,886

Institution-wide and measured from entry, so it includes people who never finished. Not specific to this program.

Credential
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma

Our estimate · net price only

Four years from now

This is a one-year program. Over four years you would pay $25,946 in net price, and students who complete leave with a median of $12,346 in federal loans.

We do not show what you would earn afterwards, because nobody publishes year-one earnings for a specific program. Guessing it would be the kind of number this site exists to avoid. The Alabama median below is what the job pays across the whole state, for workers at every stage of a career.

The occupation, not this program

What welders earn in Alabama

$48,490median, per year

Half earn more, half less, across all experience levels. National median $53,750.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · SOC 51-4121 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

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