Fortis College
Houston, Texas · Private for-profit institution
- Address 1201 West Oaks Mall, Houston, TX 77082
- Phone Not published
- Website https://www.fortis.edu/
- Tuition (in-state) Not available
- Tuition (out-of-state) Not available
- Program total cost $17,776
- Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 2 (latest reported year)
- AWS ATF co-located Yes (Matched AWS ATF facility city+state (Houston, TX) against the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025).)
What this program covers
Fortis's Houston-South campus (1201 West Oaks Mall, Houston, TX -- matching the institution's recorded address) offers a Welding program that trains students for entry-level positions as industrial welders, welding apprentices, or check welders. The curriculum covers industrial welding applications and craft skills, welding mathematics, welding print reading and welding symbols, destructive and non-destructive testing used in welding, and the design, production, performance, and maintenance of welded products. The page references a class starting August 10 but does not give a full program length or weekly schedule. Fortis's financial aid materials state that financial aid offices help students learn about government and private loans and other aid options, without program-specific amounts. Program length, credential name, and specific third-party certifications are not stated on the page.
- Processes taught Industrial welding applications and craft skills; welding print reading and welding symbols; destructive and non-destructive testing used in welding
- Credential types Certificate program (specific credential name not stated on page)
- Schedule New class start referenced for August 10 (recurring start-date cadence not otherwise specified)
- Financial aid Financial aid offices help students learn about government and private loans and other financial aid options (general Fortis-wide statement, not welding-program-specific)
Sources & provenance
- Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
- Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04