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Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida · Large suburb

Admit rate
$38,875
Avg net price
44%
Graduation rate
$38,219
Median earnings

Full Sail University is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Winter Park, Florida (large suburb setting), enrolling 25,777 undergraduates.

Private for-profitLarge · 25,777 undergradsLarge suburbOtherMild winters

About Winter Park, Florida

Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The immediate area of the city was first inhabited by people of European descent in 1858, when David Mizell Jr. bought an 8-acre (32,000 m2) homestead between Lakes Virginia, Mizell, and Berry. A settlement, called "Lake View" by the inhabitants, grew up around Mizell's plot. About 7.0% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
6 miles to Orlando, FL
To the ocean
29 miles
Nearest airport
12 miles to Orlando (MCO) · major hub

How Full Sail University compares

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 30% · #42 of 62 in Florida

First-year retention53%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,219

Higher than 11% · #47 of 60 in Florida

Average net price$38,875

Cheaper than 5% · #58 cheapest of 62 in Florida

Median debt at graduation$27,000

Lower than 11%

Student–faculty ratio32 : 1

Lower than 2%

Undergraduate enrollment25,777

Larger than 97%

Percentiles compare Full Sail University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Florida.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

27,169students
  • Undergraduate25,77795%
  • Graduate1,3925%

Undergraduates by gender

25,777undergrads
  • Women6,96827%
  • Men18,80973%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White35%
  • Black32%
  • Hispanic20%
  • Asian1.8%
  • Other or multiracial12%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
25,777
Graduate enrollment
1,392
Student–faculty ratio
32 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
34%
First-generation students
39%
Students over 25
54%
Median family income
$21,350
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$53,730

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$26,906
Room & board
Books & supplies
$530
Total cost of attendance
$47,530
Average net price
$38,875

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
44%
Graduated on time (4 years)
44%
First-year retention
53%
Transferred to another college
2%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$31,917
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$38,219
Median debt at graduation
$27,000
Students with federal loans
63%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
20%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
44%
Low-income (Pell)
41%
First-generation
41%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free
Athletics
Other
Varsity athletes
103 (96 men · 7 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (1)

Other Sports103

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (27,169 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$38,738
$30–48k
$38,162
$48–75k
$38,181
$75–110k
$40,236
$110k+
$41,762

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$152,957

$38,181/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

58%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$5,871
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 58% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $5,871. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 5,276 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$38,219
Typical debt at graduation
$27,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
71%
Out-earn a HS grad
52%

Typical debt would take roughly 7.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$33,929
Men
$39,615

Men out-earn women by $5,686 (17%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
92°F
Winter low
52°F
Annual rain
51.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.04.18.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Orlando Executive AP, FL US station (4 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.