Fortis College

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Hi,

I am thinking of joining LPN program in Fortis college as the community colleges in arizona had a lot of waiting list.Can I know how much is the tuition for this colleg fo Practical Nursing Program

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In AZ, Fortis has a new LPN program. 1st co-hort started in Jan or Feb, I am in 2nd group that starts 6/28. There were 3 spots left last week, if its full the next one starts in November. Its 26K for everything - books, scrubs, tuition etc. And, FYI, its 1 -13 week section for all your pre-reqs, a&p, bio, math etc and 3- 18 week sections of nursing with clinicals. It's offered M-F 8-12:50. Hope that info helps. I know it's expensive and some people have very strong opinions about the expense of private colleges but I'm 40, have no pre-reqs done yet AND there are 2510 people on the community college RN program wait list!! Sooooo I'm forking out the big bucks to get to do what I want IN THIS LIFETIME!!

Good luck either way!

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Just curious, why didn't you go the "skill center" route?

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Next start date was already filled up and they have a lottery system ... so no guarantees!! I'm sorry but I'm new to this nursing thing but a lottery system seems like BS to me... Central AZ has a "point" system that I can relate to much better! Get an A, get more points that the student with the B ...just my opinion...

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hey lpn2be i just enrolled for the nov start date and need a lil heads up on how the school is from your prospective....kinda nervous but excited at the same time is this a good school or should i just prepare for the worst...... thx :uhoh3:

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SWSC has NO lottery system. Not sure if you are referring to the MSC program. At SWSC once you turn in a qualified application, you can get a guaranteed spot. Now, whether it's the next class or the one after is the question. I just personally would never pay that kind of tuition for a practical nurse program. Especially right now when no nurse can be guaranteed a job after graduation. Not to mention if Fortis is regionally accredited or not? If not it may be hard getting into an ADN or BSN program and transferring the pre'reqs....

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Specializes in ER.

I went to the southwest skills center, and they told me the wait would be about 10 months. I am going to apply for Gateway Fast Track during the next application period.

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I went to the southwest skills center, and they told me the wait would be about 10 months. I am going to apply for Gateway Fast Track during the next application period.

So, are you applying to SWSC?

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Specializes in ER.

No, I'm applying to Gateway because I'm a teacher and they offer a night and weekend program.

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So relatively how long is the waiting list for gateway

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No, I'm applying to Gateway because I'm a teacher and they offer a night and weekend program.

Makes sense.....good luck!

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So relatively how long is the waiting list for gateway

Read through some threads on this forum, one talks at great length about just that.

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