Fort Myers Technical College
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Overview
Fort Myers Technical College is in a small city with fewer than 100,000 residents. It is in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL area.
Highlights
Largest undergraduate program (114): Criminal Justice and Police Science
Address
3800 Michigan Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33916
www.fortmyerstech.edu
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Accreditation:
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Institutional Control
Fort Myers Technical College is a public organization and is related to other schools.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Fort Myers Technical College holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
Council on Occupational Education (Accredited November 11, 1978 - present)
  • The accreditation was recently renewed on February 19, 2018.
  • The next accreditation review is scheduled for December 31, 2023.
Undergraduate Students
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Admissions
Open Admissions
Fort Myers Technical College is an open admissions school and accepts any student who applies.
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Admissions Details
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Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Application Fee & Common App
Fort Myers Technical College has an undergraduate application fee of $40. We did not find Fort Myers Technical College on the Common Application site. Keep in mind that it never hurts to inquire with an Admissions office to see whether they might be willing to waive your application fee.
Credits accepted from new students
Credits accepted from new students
Fort Myers Technical College accepts the following credits:
  • Open admission (school accepts any student who applies)
  • Credit for life experiences
Programs
Fort Myers Technical College program offerings
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Costs
Current Program Costs

Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.

The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.

You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.

Automotive Mechanics Technology (15 Months)
This program is Fort Myers Technical College's 3rd largest program. On average, students take 15 months of full-time study to complete the required 1800 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Automotive Mechanics Technology certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than a year but less than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$935
$6,484
Context: costs of similar programs
$7,419$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000
Corrections (3 Months)
This program is Fort Myers Technical College's 2nd largest program. On average, students take 3 months of full-time study to complete the required 420 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Corrections certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,016
$1,218
Context: costs of similar programs
$2,234$1,600$1,800$2,000$2,200$2,400$2,600
Criminal Justice and Police Science (5 Months)
This program is Fort Myers Technical College's 1st largest program. On average, students take 5 months of full-time study to complete the required 790 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Criminal Justice and Police Science certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,190
$2,233
Context: costs of similar programs
$3,423$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000
Fire Science (5 Months)
This program is Fort Myers Technical College's 5th largest program. On average, students take 5 months of full-time study to complete the required 698 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Fire Science certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,791
$2,024
Context: costs of similar programs
$3,815$0$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (12 Months)
This program is Fort Myers Technical College's 6th largest program. On average, students take 12 months of full-time study to complete the required 1350 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$2,150
$4,244
Context: costs of similar programs
$6,394$0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (12 Months)
This program is Fort Myers Technical College's 4th largest program. On average, students take 12 months of full-time study to complete the required 1350 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,879
$5,001
Context: costs of similar programs
$6,880$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000
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Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$2,685
$2,685
$2,815
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Automotive Mechanics Technology (15 months)
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Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Outcomes
Graduation Rate
Approximately 99% of undergraduate students are full-time. In the last reporting year, 80% of full-time first-time students received a degree within 150% of the expected time for completion.
80%
Time to complete
On time
50% more time
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect the percentage of full-time first-time college students who completed any degree or certificate within 150% of the expected time.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
Loan burden
At Fort Myers Technical College, 0% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
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Alumni earnings compared to same-aged Americans
The blue curve shows the earnings of this school's alumni -- so a high curve indicates this school is setting its students up for success!
More information about earnings data

How might your earnings compare with other people your age? Opportunity Insights used IRS data to track almost every person born in the US in the years 1980 to 1991, and they ranked the mean (average) 2014 earnings of students who attended Fort Myers Technical College in comparison to all people in the US the same age. Although this data is now a little old, the scope of this project was awesome and gives us a glimpse at alumni performance that we cannot find until a new study of this incredible magnitude is performed.

You might notice a little earnings dip at young ages for some of the top bachelor's institutions. This coincides with the years that many alumni may be in graduate school and earning less.

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Chart explanation
Fort Myers Technical College
In the blue curve, we see how the average earnings percentile for this school changes as its alumni age as compared to like-aged Americans without regard to their educational background.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of these average alumni earnings percentiles for context schools: dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools and light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
Fort Myers Technical College equality data is combined with:Cape Coral Technical College
Wealth mobility at Fort Myers Technical College
We may wonder if, as a result of attending a given college, we will have a better chance for higher earnings. Opportunity Insights sought to answer this question by following the wealth story of every student for whom income information was available.
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How does wealth change after attendance?

Opportunity Insights studied groups of all children born in the US in the same year for each birth year from 1980 to 1991. This grouping included every single US child who had a valid SSN or ITIN (tax identification number) and could be linked to parents with non-negative income.

Family Income

The incomes of all families in a birth year group are measured when the child is 15-19 and these incomes are averaged. The calculated incomes from all families in the group were arranged from smallest to largest, and divided into five groups of equal size. On the left of the diagram, you can see the relative distribution of Fort Myers Technical College's students between the family income divided into fifths formed by looking at the entire US group.

Individual Student Earnings

In 2014, all people from the same birth year were divided into a new set of five groups that were determined by their individual labor earnings for that year. The students from this birth year who primarily attended Fort Myers Technical College between the ages of 19 and 22 were divided into these five groups, and the percent in each group is shown on the right of the diagram.

The diagram lets you see the proportion in each original income group who travel to each earnings group, and provides some insight into the likelihood of financial success after attendance.

If you'd like to understand the nitty gritty details of this interesting data, be sure to check out the well-written Opportunity Insights report by selecting SOURCES under the figure.

Below, we can see the percentage from each initial family wealth group who attend this college, and also the alumni's relative wealth later. Do students entering college from the bottom twenty percent of family income end up making it to a higher level? Do the top twenty percent stay at the top? Follow the colors, left to right, and see for yourself.
$24,300$45,100$72,900$110,300$900$18,500$35,200$55,800Lowest 20%Second-lowestMiddleSecond-highestHighest 20%Highest 20%Second-highestMiddleSecond-lowest Lowest 20%Family IncomeStudent Income
Fort Myers Technical College equality data is combined with:Cape Coral Technical College
Classroom Experience
Student attention at Fort Myers Technical College
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Fort Myers Technical College
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Fort Myers Technical College has 97% full-time instructors, and 88% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Fort Myers Technical College, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
97%
Long-term instructors
0%
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Campus Safety
Disciplinary actions and crime at Fort Myers Technical College
Check out the number of disciplinary actions (implemented within the school) and arrests (implemented by law enforcement external to the school)
Disciplinary Actions
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Liquor Violations
Drug Violations
Weapon Possessions
Arrests
20102012201420162018202001
Liquor Violations
Drug Violations
Weapon Possessions
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Context: Disciplinary Actions
Average number of disciplinary violoations at Fort Myers Technical College as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%Weapon PossessionsDrug ViolationsLiquor Violations
Context: Arrests
Average number of arrests at Fort Myers Technical College as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.02%0.04%0.06%0.08%Weapon PossessionsDrug ViolationsLiquor Violations
Criminal Offenses
2012201420162018202001
Burglaries/Robberies
Sex Offenses
Vehicle Thefts
Aggrevated Assaults
Context: Criminal Offenses
Average number of criminal offenses at Fort Myers Technical College as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
0.000%0.000%0.000%0.000%0.000%0.020%0.040%0.060%0.080%0.100%0.120%Aggrevated AssaultsVehicle TheftsSex OffensesBurglaries/Robberies
Housing
No Student Housing Available
This school does not report any housing for students.
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Activities and Services
Undergraduate services offered
  • Remedial services
  • Academic/career counseling services
  • Employment services for current students
  • Placement services for program completers
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Student Body
Study Types
Almost all students are full-time. About 1% of students take all of their courses via distance education, while another 0% take some courses online.
Full-time
99%
Online classes
1%
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Context: Student body size
Fort Myers Technical College enrolled 1,727 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is larger than 64% of the context schools.
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Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Fort Myers Technical College students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
Men
Women
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Fort Myers Technical College reports that 45% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Asian
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Fort Myers Technical College.
78%22%0%20%40%60%80%100%MenWomen
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Context: Percentage of women
With 22% women students, Fort Myers Technical College has a lower percentage of women than 94% of context schools.
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Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Fort Myers Technical College compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
13%55%31%1%0%0%20%40%60%80%100%American IndianMultiracialNot ReportedInternationalPacific IslanderAsianBlackHispanicWhite
Freshman residences

A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.

Freshman residence
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Out-of-state
International
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
Under 18
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50-64
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School Finances
Fort Myers Technical College: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018$0$5,000$10,000$15,000
Chart explanation
Fort Myers Technical College
On the blue curve, we see how the instructional expenses per student at Fort Myers Technical College have changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the instructional expenses per student for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
All values have been adjusted for inflation. Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?

Fort Myers Technical College is a public school. Along with private not-for-profit schools, publicly-controlled schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.

Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Fort Myers Technical College into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018$0$10M$20M$30MRevenue$0$10M$20M$30MExpense
Investment gains
Auxiliary revenue
Tuition and fees revenue
Government appropriations etc.
Private and capital gifts
Educational sales revenue
Other revenue
Auxilliary expenses
Instructional expenses
Student services expenses
Academic support expenses
Institutional support expenses
Other expenses
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The power of a large endowment
Related to the previous question of whether the annual revenue stream is stable is the question, "How deep are this school's pockets?" For many schools, a major source of annual income is investment growth. Schools with large endowments have a built-in revenue stream, although you'll see in the accompanying graphs that this revenue stream is highly dependent on the nation's economy. You can choose how to examine the depth of Fort Myers Technical College's resources by selecting from the buttons below.
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Net Assets
Net Assets Per Student

Here we examine assets at Fort Myers Technical College in context, and it seems most fair to adjust for the size of the institution. We examine the assets per full-time-equivalent student so that we level the playing field for size.

There's a catch to these assets, though. Many gifts to a school's endowment have strings attached; the money is restricted to a specific purpose. Assets shown in green below are unrestricted, and are very important to a school's ability to meet its financial obligations. Some assets are the land and buildings that a school must have in order to function, and these may appear as green (unrestricted assets) but are nonetheless less helpful in meeting annual financial commitments. This look at assets is only a piece of the puzzle as we decide if a school is stable.

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Context: 2019 net assets per student
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