Associate's · Wayne, New Jersey

Is Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at Fortis Institute-Wayne 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $99,608; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $100,030; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $25,902; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $45k (likely $45k – $61k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $61k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1 years (likely 0.8–1.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $448k (likely $317k – $604k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.03M (likely $771k – $1.34M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 76%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26