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Full Sail University vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Winter Park, FL · Troy, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (10 yr)

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MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-EARN

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE FL × NY
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (10 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

Full Sail University posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Full Sail University: enrollment grew +33.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +892 students/yr fitted, r² 0.77.
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: enrollment ranged 5,379–6,590 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Full Sail University: net price ranged $25,440–$35,654 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +6.1% is not a trend (r² 0.04).
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: net price ranged $31,456–$36,159 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +0.5% is not a trend (r² 0.01).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Full Sail University vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($102,051 vs $38,219 at Full Sail University)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($83,054 vs $31,917 at Full Sail University)
  3. IN-STATE-TUITION Full Sail University leads on in-state tuition ($26,906 vs $64,081 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

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Median Earnings (10 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Full Sail University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?▼
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $102,051 versus $38,219 at Full Sail University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Full Sail University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?▼
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $83,054 versus $31,917 at Full Sail University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Full Sail University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?▼
Full Sail University leads on in-state tuition at $26,906 versus $64,081 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (10 yr) focus for this pair · 2025