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 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 13,570, which is 69.73 % of all undergraduate students. 12,162 students which is 62.55% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $10,894.

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
2011-12	13,726 (76%)	$4,973	11,599 (64%)	$4,183	14,643 (81%)	$9,169
2012-13	16,768 (78%)	$5,299	13,571 (64%)	$4,005	17,081 (80%)	$9,592
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	13,570 (69.73%)	$6,735	10,687 (55.00%)	$4,700	12,162 (62.55%)	$10,894

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 2,689 (79.73 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,996. It can cover 30.27% of tuition & fees ($26,417).

In addition, 2,480 (72.91 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $12,227).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	3,562 (84%)	$5,187	3,825 (90%)	$10,106
2012-13	2,881 (89%)	$6,360	2,764 (86%)	$10,459
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	2,689 (79.73%)	$7,996	2,480 (72.91%)	$12,227

^*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.

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 12 years, on average, 2,013 (59.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,464.

In addition, 171 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (5.18 % 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
2011-12	3,183 (75%)	$4,576	232 (5%)	$427	188 (4%)	$1,578	1,166 (28%)	$3,016
2012-13	2,324 (72%)	$4,139	12 (0%)	$479	112 (3%)	$1,678	1,624 (50%)	$5,241
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	2,013 (59.00%)	$4,464	392 (13.20%)	$484	171 (5.18%)	$1,548	1,639 (49.27%)	$7,085

^*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..

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 12 years, on average, 2,480 (72.91 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $2,480.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2011-12	3,825 (90%)	$10,106	3,810 (90%)	$8,347	341 (8%)	$20,101
2012-13	2,764 (86%)	$10,459	2,757 (85%)	$8,321	209 (6%)	$28,562
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	2,480 (72.91%)	$12,227	2,464 (72.45%)	$9,988	210 (6.36%)	$26,840

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