Full Sail University
For-profit College in Winter Park, FL. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $38,219.
Students who entered Full Sail University reach a median of $38,219 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 45%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.71 — elevated (above 0.60)
Academics
Completion is middling: 45% finish inside six years. 53% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 32:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body runs to 25,195, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 25,195 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $37,848 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Income makes less difference than usual: $38,738 at $0–30k, $41,762 at $110k+. 63% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,711 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 63% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 4,683 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $38,738 |
| $30–48k | $38,162 |
| $48–75k | $38,181 |
| $75–110k | $40,236 |
| $110k+ | $41,762 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 15,903 of these 25,195 students, totalling $172,347,389 — an average of $10,837 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)