<p>I have heard a ton of things about Full Sail University. I went on the website and it looks like a very good, high quality school with hands on experience. I would go for recording arts and was wondering how the education was and if its worth the money over, say NYU. Thanks.</p>
<p>Do yourself a favor and consider a strong liberal arts university like NYU over a proprietary for profit college like Full Sail. Full Sail has been buying out other colleges around the country and making them into a corporate conglomeration. They take measures to make these schools more profitable like switching courses to online interfaces instead of classroom instruction, hiring adjuncts in lieu of actual professors, lowering standards for hired adjuncts etc. NYU is a university with name recognition all around the world.</p>
<p>I would not consider Full Sail.</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year? </p>
<p>What other schools (besides NYU which gives lousy aid) has recording arts?</p>
<p>American U has a new program, so its hard to know how good it is. I believe Middle Tennessee State has a respected program. There are others, but they are not abundant.</p>
<p>Belmont University in Nashville offers both a BS and BA degree in audio engineering technology in their College of Entertainment and Music Business.</p>
<p>My son is a junior music business major, audio production minor at Belmont in Nashville. We looked at Full Sail but it didn’t offer the well rounded college education/experience we were looking for. Syracuse, NYU, Miami, Northeastern, Drexel, Loyola New Orleans are some of the better known schools with programs but he chose Belmont because of their reputation within the music industry. He’s had opportunities for internships and exposure to music industry events he wouldn’t get elsewhere. They have a program in LA & NYC where students can spend a semester doing internship & classes. Labs/recording facilities at Belmont were way beyond what we saw at other schools and students have access to studios for their own projects.</p>
<p>Full Sail grads are looked down at in the industry, according to my son, who works in live sound. Better to get a degree at a real school.</p>