How Full Sail's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Full Sail University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 13,197, which is 68.11 % of all undergraduate students. 11,340 students which is 58.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $11,230.

Year	Grant or Scholarship^*		Pell Grants		Federal Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	13,654 (72%)	$5,748	11,276 (60%)	$4,400	12,288 (65%)	$11,361
2014-15	12,150 (70%)	$6,446	9,753 (56%)	$4,420	10,419 (60%)	$10,936
2015-16	12,092 (68%)	$7,195	9,448 (53%)	$4,373	10,516 (59%)	$11,596
2016-17	11,471 (65%)	$7,334	8,601 (49%)	$4,296	9,508 (54%)	$11,081
2017-18	11,570 (68%)	$7,531	8,828 (52%)	$5,850	9,066 (54%)	$11,104
2018-19	12,459 (67%)	$6,443	9,610 (52%)	$4,326	10,676 (57%)	$10,876
2019-20	13,931 (70%)	$7,157	10,654 (53%)	$4,726	12,335 (62%)	$11,539
2020-21	15,128 (66%)	$7,239	11,548 (50%)	$4,895	13,267 (58%)	$11,615
2021-22	16,319 (67%)	$8,724	12,672 (52%)	$6,225	13,983 (58%)	$10,964
Average	13,197 (68.11%)	$7,091	10,266 (53.00%)	$4,835	11,340 (58.56%)	$11,230

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,571 (78.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,490. It can cover 32.14% of tuition & fees ($26,417).

In addition, 2,299 (69.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $12,659).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,473 (88%)	$6,576	2,259 (81%)	$13,397
2014-15	2,531 (81%)	$9,497	2,264 (72%)	$13,869
2015-16	2,490 (82%)	$8,784	2,181 (71%)	$14,194
2016-17	2,759 (77%)	$7,541	2,478 (69%)	$13,431
2017-18	2,197 (81%)	$8,633	1,871 (69%)	$14,118
2018-19	2,059 (77%)	$8,083	1,831 (68%)	$12,207
2019-20	2,606 (76%)	$8,783	2,335 (68%)	$12,061
2020-21	2,751 (68%)	$9,981	2,495 (61%)	$12,619
2021-22	3,271 (74%)	$8,531	2,974 (67%)	$8,038
Average	2,571 (78.22%)	$8,490	2,299 (69.56%)	$12,659

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 1,848 (55.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,488.

In addition, 176 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (5.56 % of students).

Year	Federal (Pell) Grants		Other Federal		State/Local government		Institutional
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,847 (66%)	$4,228	324 (12%)	$534	102 (4%)	$1,741	1,659 (59%)	$4,884
2014-15	1,704 (54%)	$4,295	619 (20%)	$518	123 (4%)	$1,193	1,846 (59%)	$8,803
2015-16	1,616 (53%)	$4,292	349 (11%)	$512	145 (5%)	$1,061	1,576 (52%)	$9,267
2016-17	1,884 (52%)	$4,221	464 (13%)	$527	186 (5%)	$1,048	1,290 (36%)	$9,624
2017-18	1,492 (55%)	$4,465	665 (24%)	$528	240 (9%)	$1,370	1,518 (56%)	$7,658
2018-19	1,519 (56%)	$4,302	394 (15%)	$562	176 (7%)	$1,679	1,393 (52%)	$6,885
2019-20	1,975 (58%)	$4,646	462 (13%)	$450	209 (6%)	$1,727	1,775 (52%)	$7,405
2020-21	2,055 (51%)	$4,973	473 (12%)	$406	191 (5%)	$2,172	1,957 (48%)	$8,498
2021-22	2,539 (57%)	$4,967	316 (7%)	$381	212 (5%)	$1,780	2,222 (50%)	$6,658
Average	1,848 (55.78%)	$4,488	452 (14.11%)	$491	176 (5.56%)	$1,530	1,693 (51.56%)	$7,742

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Student Loans

The following table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time.

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,299 (69.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $2,299.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	2,259 (81%)	$13,397	2,242 (80%)	$10,709	273 (10%)	$22,912
2014-15	2,264 (72%)	$13,869	2,251 (72%)	$11,032	245 (8%)	$26,802
2015-16	2,181 (71%)	$14,194	2,162 (71%)	$10,914	255 (8%)	$28,864
2016-17	2,478 (69%)	$13,431	2,458 (68%)	$10,888	220 (6%)	$29,631
2017-18	1,871 (69%)	$14,118	1,859 (68%)	$11,130	191 (7%)	$29,965
2018-19	1,831 (68%)	$12,207	1,814 (67%)	$10,094	156 (6%)	$25,896
2019-20	2,335 (68%)	$12,061	2,320 (68%)	$10,412	141 (4%)	$28,412
2020-21	2,495 (61%)	$12,619	2,470 (61%)	$11,413	126 (3%)	$26,133
2021-22	2,974 (67%)	$8,038	2,963 (67%)	$6,605	155 (4%)	$27,963
Average	2,299 (69.56%)	$12,659	2,282 (69.11%)	$10,355	196 (6.22%)	$27,398

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Full Sail

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time