Communication & Media Studies at Full Sail University

What traits are you looking for in a communications school? To help you decide if Full Sail University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communications program.

Full Sail University is located in Winter Park, Florida and has a total student population of 24,627. Of the 2,924 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Full Sail University in 2021, 119 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Full Sail University Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Communications (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Communications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Online Classes Are Available at Full Sail University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Full Sail University offers distance education options for communications at the following degree levels:

Full Sail University Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at Full Sail University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at Full Sail University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Basic Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Online Communication & Media Studies Basic Certificate Schools	1
Best Value Communication & Media Studies Basic Certificate Schools	10
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Associate Degree Schools	159
Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	309
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Best Value Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	541

Earnings of Full Sail University Communications Graduates

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at Full Sail University is $29,410. This is less than $32,435, which is the national average of all communications majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Communications Student Demographics at Full Sail University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Full Sail University.

Full Sail University Communication & Media Studies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of communications associate's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in communications only graduates about 36% men each year. The program at Full Sail University may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

Full Sail University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in communications graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Full Sail University with a associate's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Full Sail University Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 119 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Full Sail University. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical communications bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Full Sail University since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Full Sail University with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Full Sail University also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Journalism
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Full Sail University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Public Relations Specialists	12,050	$60,920
Editors	4,190	$58,200
Writers and Authors	1,830	$53,140
Reporters and Correspondents	1,740	$53,810
Radio and Television Announcers	1,350	$56,960

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.