Fortis College - Dothan

Fortis College in Dothan, Alabama, is a private, for-profit career college located at 200 Vulcan Way. The campus operated as Capps College before joining the Fortis network of colleges and institutes, which is owned by Education Affiliates Inc. It is institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES), which has accredited the campus since December 2003, and is authorized by the private school licensing division of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education. The school offers diploma programs in three fields: Medical Assisting, Pharmacy Technician, and Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC-R). Instruction emphasizes hands-on training intended to prepare graduates for entry-level positions in healthcare support and climate-control trades. According to federal College Navigator data, the campus enrolled 177 students in fall 2024, all in undergraduate certificate-level programs, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 30 to 1, and it maintains an open admission policy. Tuition and fees for the largest program, Medical Assisting, were $16,669 for the 2024-25 academic year, with an estimated $994 for books and supplies. Sixty-one percent of students who began their studies in 2021-22 completed their program within 150 percent of the normal completion time.