Enrollment Trends at Full Sail

The student population at Full Sail University is 26,737 (25,532 undergraduate and 1,205 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,240 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Full Sail is 95.49% which is increased by 4,161 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 921 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.46 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

21,969 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 76.73% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 21,875 where 26,737 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.49% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.51% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,161 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 921 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.46 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in Full Sail than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Full Sail University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,497	21,371	16,267	5,104	2,126	979	1,147
2013-14	20,949 -2,548	18,880 -2,491	14,205 -2,062	4,675 -429	2,069 -57	965 -14	1,104 -43
2014-15	19,285 -1,664	17,318 -1,562	12,802 -1,403	4,516 -159	1,967 -102	1,016 51	951 -153
2015-16	20,025 740	17,890 572	13,085 283	4,805 289	2,135 168	1,143 127	992 41
2016-17	19,443 -582	17,564 -326	12,813 -272	4,751 -54	1,879 -256	988 -155	891 -101
2017-18	18,605 -838	16,908 -656	12,227 -586	4,681 -70	1,697 -182	908 -80	789 -102
2018-19	20,170 1,565	18,577 1,669	13,345 1,118	5,232 551	1,593 -104	872 -36	721 -68
2019-20	21,666 1,496	19,985 1,408	14,077 732	5,908 676	1,681 88	890 18	791 70
2020-21	24,627 2,961	23,030 3,045	15,969 1,892	7,061 1,153	1,597 -84	854 -36	743 -48
2021-22	25,622 995	24,187 1,157	16,803 834	7,384 323	1,435 -162	794 -60	641 -102
2022-23	26,737 1,115	25,532 1,345	17,639 836	7,893 509	1,205 -230	664 -130	541 -100
Average	21,875	20,113	14,476	5,637	1,762	916	846

Full Sail University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 20,113 where 25,532 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Full Sail University since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,371	21,371	16,267	5,104	0
2013-14	18,880	18,880	14,205	4,675	0
2014-15	17,318	17,318	12,802	4,516	0
2015-16	17,890	17,890	13,085	4,805	0
2016-17	17,564	17,564	12,813	4,751	0
2017-18	16,908	16,908	12,227	4,681	0
2018-19	18,577	18,577	13,345	5,232	0
2019-20	19,985	19,985	14,077	5,908	0
2020-21	23,030	23,030	15,969	7,061	0
2021-22	24,187	24,187	16,803	7,384	0
2022-23	25,532	25,532	17,639	7,893	0
Average	20,113	20,113	14,476	5,637	20,113

Full Sail University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,762 where 1,205 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Full Sail University since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,126	2,126	979	1,147	0
2013-14	2,069	2,069	965	1,104	0
2014-15	1,967	1,967	1,016	951	0
2015-16	2,135	2,135	1,143	992	0
2016-17	1,879	1,879	988	891	0
2017-18	1,697	1,697	908	789	0
2018-19	1,593	1,593	872	721	0
2019-20	1,681	1,681	890	791	0
2020-21	1,597	1,597	854	743	0
2021-22	1,435	1,435	794	641	0
2022-23	1,205	1,205	664	541	0
Average	1,762	1,762	916	846	1,762

Full Sail University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.15% and the percentage of black students is 28.00% at Full Sail University. 1.89% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Full Sail University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	152	329	5,041	1,796	37	7,755	2,269
2013-14	134	259	4,771	1,552	45	7,875	2,693
2014-15	150	337	4,613	1,044	62	8,435	2,019
2015-16	173	411	5,035	606	91	9,536	1,651
2016-17	104	445	4,734	3,120	65	7,826	1,047
2017-18	111	491	4,676	3,179	56	7,436	1,009
2018-19	133	513	5,319	3,441	72	7,617	1,152
2019-20	161	529	5,755	3,477	50	8,369	1,250
2020-21	172	524	6,520	4,263	52	9,365	1,451
2021-22	175	546	6,815	4,633	45	9,522	1,556
2022-23	182	505	7,486	4,885	58	9,665	1,587
Average	150	444	5,524	2,909	58	8,491	1,608

Full Sail University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

21,969 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 82% of total students. The number of online students has increased 76.73% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Full Sail University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	19,285	12,431	6,703	151
2015-16	20,025	13,077	6,862	86
2016-17	19,443	12,983	6,290	170
2017-18	18,605	12,626	5,586	393
2018-19	20,170	14,554	5,168	448
2019-20	21,666	16,164	5,474	28
2020-21	24,627	19,654	4,961	12
2021-22	25,622	20,796	4,811	15
2022-23	26,737	21,969	4,762	6
Average	21,798	16,028	5,624	145

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