- The Inkwell
- Florida
- Full Sail University
Winter Park, FLSuburb: largeZIP 32792Founded 1972
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1972
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1986
- Website
- www.fullsail.edu
FloridaPrivate for-profit
Full Sail University
Full Sail University is a private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida, with 25,777 undergraduates. It graduates 42% within six years and costs $37,401 a year after aid.
42%graduate
Retention53%
4-year graduation42%
Pell Grant share37%
Federal loans32%
$37,401net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
42%graduate in 6 years
$40,548median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#1,571 of 1,704 for earnings#1,627 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,312 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $47,115tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $27,145
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $27,145
- Average net price
- $37,401national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$37,546
$30,001–48,000$36,558
$48,001–75,000$35,932
$75,001–110,000$37,470
$110,001+$40,562
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college53%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college42%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college37%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 42%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 42%
- First-year retention
- 53%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 52%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,441
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,548middle 50%: $21,167–$62,173
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$62,173
Median, Full Sail University$40,548
Lower quarter$21,167
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 25,777
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 33% / 67%
- Average age at entry
- 25.9
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 32 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 91%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,970 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $4,330
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White35%
Hispanic20%
Black32%
Asian1.8%
Two or more races6.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown4.0%
9 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts42%
Communications technologies16%
Computer & information sciences9.8%
Engineering technologies9.0%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies7.8%
English language & literature6.6%
Communication & journalism3.6%
Engineering2.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 134237. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5508130.