Private for-profit · University
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.
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
Higher than 30% · #42 of 62 in Florida
Higher than 8%
Higher than 11% · #47 of 60 in Florida
Cheaper than 5% · #58 cheapest of 62 in Florida
Lower than 11%
Lower than 2%
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
- Undergraduate25,77795%
- Graduate1,3925%
Undergraduates by gender
- 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)
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)
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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Orlando Executive AP, FL US station (4 mi from campus).
What Full Sail University graduates study — and earn
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.











