Fortis College vs Cabrillo College

Mobile, AL · Aptos, CA · largest Scorecard gap: loan repayment rate (completers)

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Pair AL:CA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-FOCUS

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE AL × CA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-FOCUS Largest gap · Loan Repayment Rate (Completers)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Fortis College: net price ranged $10,808–$66,587 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +95.8% is not a trend (r² 0.01).
  • Cabrillo College: average net price rose +94.8% from $6,841 (2013) to $13,328 (2023), r² 0.74.
  • Fortis College: enrollment ranged 232–434 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Cabrillo College: enrollment shrank -41.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -572 students/yr fitted, r² 0.98.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Fortis College vs Cabrillo College

  1. LOAN-REPAYMENT-RAT Cabrillo College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) (68.4% vs 26.5% at Fortis College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Cabrillo College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($44,114 vs $26,652 at Fortis College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Fortis College leads on median debt at graduation ($9,500 vs $14,380 at Cabrillo College)

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Loan Repayment Rate (Completers) and other Scorecard questions

On loan repayment rate (completers), who leads between Fortis College and Cabrillo College?
Cabrillo College leads on loan repayment rate (completers) at 68.4% versus 26.5% at Fortis College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Fortis College and Cabrillo College?
Cabrillo College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $44,114 versus $26,652 at Fortis College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Fortis College and Cabrillo College?
Fortis College leads on median debt at graduation at $9,500 versus $14,380 at Cabrillo College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); loan repayment rate (completers) focus for this pair · 2025