Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL · 53 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$393,170 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−117%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,233Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$393,170at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$335,5000
2
4
6
8
−$393,17010
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$26,906
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$26,906
Sticker price
Average net price$38,875
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$47,530
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Main award level
Bachelor’s degrees
Campus setting
Suburban
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$38,875Average net price / year
$47,530Cost of attendance
$27,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$286/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$39,233Median earnings · year 5 after completion
44.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
25,777Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$38,738
$30–48k$38,162
$48–75k$38,181
$75–110k$40,236
$110k+$41,762
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$39,233
Year 6$31,917
Year 10$38,219
Full-time retention
53.1%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
44.9%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

37thEarnings percentile
30thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$42,719Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$30,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
23%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$26,076Year 1
$40,367Year 4
$39,233Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Computer Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$93,4102Management Information Systems and Services · Master's Degree$85,0013Computer Programming · Bachelor's Degree$83,6944Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$80,9095Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$77,5126Educational/Instructional Media Design · Master's Degree$69,6417Computer Software and Media Applications · Bachelor's Degree$66,6768Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management · Bachelor's Degree$62,381

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree$93,410$20,500Not reported
Management Information Systems and ServicesMaster's Degree$85,001Not availableNot reported
Computer ProgrammingBachelor's Degree$83,694$37,372Not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$80,909$24,252Not reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree$77,512$19,875Not reported
Educational/Instructional Media DesignMaster's Degree$69,641Not availableNot reported
Computer Software and Media ApplicationsBachelor's Degree$66,676Not availableNot reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's Degree$62,381$43,043Not reported
Design and Applied ArtsMaster's Degree$60,023Not availableNot reported
MarketingMaster's Degree$59,772Not availableNot reported
Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree$59,181$25,000Not reported
Computer ProgrammingAssociate's Degree$59,102$32,375Not reported
MarketingBachelor's Degree$57,954$45,74721
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationMaster's Degree$53,820Not availableNot reported
Human Computer InteractionMaster's Degree$53,230Not availableNot reported
JournalismMaster's Degree$53,227Not availableNot reported
Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementMaster's Degree$46,710Not availableNot reported
Human Computer InteractionBachelor's Degree$45,823$33,471Not reported
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesMaster's Degree$44,962Not availableNot reported
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree$44,962$40,218Not reported
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$44,933$38,549Not reported
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree$44,878$20,500Not reported
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$44,156$31,000Not reported
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree$44,012$43,000Not reported
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's Degree$42,719$32,103Not reported
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsMaster's Degree$42,689Not availableNot reported
Human Computer InteractionAssociate's Degree$42,107$29,767Not reported
MusicBachelor's Degree$39,466$30,999Not reported
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsMaster's Degree$39,171Not availableNot reported
Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementBachelor's Degree$38,847$39,580Not reported
Design and Applied ArtsAssociate's Degree$38,716$34,679Not reported
Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's Degree$38,124$30,500Not reported
Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate's Degree$38,049$30,500Not reported
Communication and Media StudiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,679$21,124125
Communication and Media StudiesAssociate's Degree$37,309$33,960Not reported
Communications Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's Degree$36,898$20,500Not reported
Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralBachelor's Degree$36,870$27,000Not reported
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate's Degree$36,220$34,757Not reported
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,188$18,245524
MusicAssociate's Degree$34,987$27,000Not reported
Graphic CommunicationsBachelor's Degree$34,818Not availableNot reported
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's Degree$33,579$27,000Not reported
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's Degree$33,429$41,000Not reported
Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate's Degree$32,703$27,500Not reported
Computer ScienceAssociate's Degree$32,197Not availableNot reported
Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementAssociate's Degree$30,931$32,718Not reported
Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$26,827$19,500Not reported
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate's Degree$24,816$29,320Not reported
Communications Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$24,653185
Human Computer InteractionUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$18,250473
Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$20,000351
Design and Applied ArtsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$38,750363
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$25,709481

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.