Full Sail University
Full Sail University is a private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida. It was formerly a recording studio in Ohio named Full Sail Productions and Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts. The school moved to Florida in 1980, began offering bachelor's degrees in 2005, and began offering online degrees in 2007. The following year, the school was granted university status by the Florida Department of Education.
At a glance
- Acceptance rate: 100%
- Average net price: $38,875
- Undergraduate enrollment: 35,267
- Graduation rate (150%): 45%
- Graduation rate (200%): 44%
- 8-year Outcome Measures award rate: 48%
- Student to faculty ratio: 32:1
- Median earnings (10 years): $38,219
- Median earnings (8 years): $32,373
- Median earnings (6 years): $31,917
- Control: Private for-profit
- Locale: Suburb, large
- Calendar: Other
- City: Winter Park, FL
Majors and programs
The most common programs at Full Sail University include Human Computer Interaction, Audiovisual Communications Technologies, Digital Arts.
- Human Computer Interaction (440 bachelor's) · median earnings $45,823 4 years after graduation · median debt $32,233
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies (359 bachelor's) · median earnings $44,012 4 years after graduation · median debt $38,992
- Digital Arts (307 bachelor's) · median earnings $36,870 4 years after graduation · median debt $26,533
- Design and Applied Arts, Other (297 bachelor's) · median earnings $44,962 4 years after graduation · median debt $36,827
- Music Technology (281 bachelor's) · median earnings $39,466 4 years after graduation · median debt $28,000
- Intermedia (274 bachelor's) · median earnings $38,124 4 years after graduation · median debt $27,000
- Film (441 bachelor's) · median earnings $33,579 4 years after graduation · median debt $25,923
- Rhetoric and Composition (203 bachelor's) · median earnings $33,429 4 years after graduation · median debt $34,544
- Communications Technology (185 bachelor's) · median earnings $36,898 4 years after graduation · median debt $19,500
- Computer Science (152 bachelor's) · median earnings $77,512 4 years after graduation · median debt $19,500
Degree mix: Business 24%, Engineering 15%, Computer Science 34%, Communication 26%, Other 1%.
Award levels offered: Certificates, Associate, Bachelor's, Master's.
Cost
Full Sail University students from families earning $0 to $30,000 pay about $31,667 a year after aid.
- Net price, $0 to $30,000: $31,667
- Net price, $30,001 to $48,000: $30,885
- Net price, $48,001 to $75,000: $31,833
- Net price, $75,001 to $110,000: $33,377
- Net price, $110,001 and above: $33,054
- In-state tuition and fees: $26,906
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: $26,906
- Books and supplies: $530
- Off-campus room and board: $21,072
- Off-campus with family: $2,500
- Typical cost of attendance: $27,436
- Sticker vs net gap: -4169%
- Students receiving any aid: 100%
- Pell Grant recipients: 34%
- Federal loan recipients: 63%
- Average institutional grant: $5,485
- Average federal loan: $10,837
- Median debt at graduation: $27,000
Admissions
Full Sail University has open admissions. Every applicant who applies is admitted.
Who actually goes here
- Undergraduates: 35,267
- Women: 32%
- Part-time undergraduates: 0%
- Age 25 and older: 54%
- Graduate students: 1,468
- Graduation rate: 45%
- Come back after freshman year: 53%
- First-generation: 39%
Faculty and campus
- Full-time faculty: 93%
- Student to faculty: 32:1
- Professor salary: $61,258
- Associate professor salary: $44,713
- Study abroad: Not available
- Online programs: Available
Common questions
What is the Full Sail University acceptance rate? Full Sail University has open admissions, so the acceptance rate is 100%.
How much does Full Sail University cost? Students from families earning $0 to $30,000 pay about $31,667 a year after aid. Average net price is $38,875.
What majors does Full Sail University offer? Popular programs include Human Computer Interaction, Audiovisual Communications Technologies, Digital Arts, Design and Applied Arts, Other, Music Technology.
What is the average salary after Full Sail University? Median earnings 10 years after entry are $38,219 for Title IV aid recipients in College Scorecard.
What is the Full Sail University graduation rate? In the IPEDS Outcome Measures cohort, 48% earned an award within eight years. The first-time, full-time 150% graduation rate is 45%.
Scorecard earnings and debt cover Title IV aid recipients, not cash-pay or private-loan students. Full Sail University official site: https://fullsail.edu.