Bachelor's · Winter Park, Florida
Is Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication at Full Sail University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,724
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $45,885
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $36,561
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $159k (likely $159k – $159k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$256k (likely −$314k – −$199k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$172k (likely −$281k – −$58k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 42%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$93,410
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$85,001
- Computer Programming (Bachelor's)$83,694
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,909
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- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$69,641
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$62,381
- Design and Applied Arts (Master's)$60,023
- Marketing (Master's)$59,772
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$59,181
- Computer Programming (Associate's)$59,102
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$57,954
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication at other schools in Florida
- University of Miami$82,999
- University of Florida$69,600
- University of Florida-Online$69,600
- Florida State University$65,941
- Florida International University$65,343
- The University of Tampa$63,368
- University of Central Florida$62,140
- Flagler College$53,353
- Florida Southern College$52,796
- University of South Florida$42,377