Fortis College-Richmond (Virginia School of Technology) Acceptance Rate, GPA, and Admission Requirements

Fortis-Richmond enrolls directly into specific career programs (HVAC-R, Surgical Technology, Medical/Dental Assisting, Accounting Technology) rather than a general studies track. Research which program has current programmatic accreditation for your target career - Surgical Technology, for instance, holds ABHES accreditation - before applying, since program-level accreditation (not just institutional) matters for licensure in healthcare fields.

For nursing and other licensure-track programs, Fortis is required to publicly disclose NCLEX pass rates and other outcome disclosures under federal consumer-information rules. Request these specific numbers from admissions before enrolling - a for-profit career college's value is almost entirely measured by job placement and licensure pass rate, not brand prestige, so treat these disclosures as your actual "admissions criteria" for deciding if it's worth it.

Programs here range from short certificates to associate degrees, and healthcare tracks include required clinical placements. Ask specifically how clinical site placement works (does the school arrange it, or do you find your own?) since this varies by program and directly affects your timeline to graduation and licensure.

Fortis-Richmond charges no application fee, which lowers the barrier to apply - use that saved time and money to also request the same disclosure data (cost, completion rate, median debt) from at least one competing local program (community college or another Fortis-Norfolk campus) before committing, since for-profit and public program costs for the same credential can differ significantly.