Fortis College, Mobile, Alabama is owned and operated by Education Affiliates, Inc. Education Affiliates, Inc. is located at 5026-D Campbell Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21236, phone: 410-633-2929 and fax: 410-633-1844 and is a privately held corporation providing career education through a variety of certificate, diploma, and degree programs. Dan Finuf is the President/Chief Executive Officer, and Laurence (Larry) Hinz is the Chief Financial Officer of Education Affiliates, Inc.
Fortis College was originally located at 3590 Pleasant Valley Road, Mobile, Alabama and founded as Capps College in January 1984. In 2011 the College was acquired and renamed Fortis College. The main campus was relocated in August of 2014 to its current location at 7033 Airport Boulevard, Mobile, Alabama. In 1997, a new campus location was opened in Pensacola, Florida, operating as a non- main location of Fortis College, Mobile, under the name of Fortis Institute, Pensacola. In 2000, another non-main campus location of Fortis College, Mobile was opened in Montgomery, Alabama. Fortis College, School of Cosmetology, located at 300F Azalea Road in Mobile, Alabama, opened as a non-main location of Fortis College, Mobile in 2007. The Cosmetology Campus voluntarily ceased operations in 2014.