There's no doubt the cost is high. I'm in that same issue, I was offered $12.50 an hour to work as a PA and I did it for about a year for a production house doing Animal Planet, Science Channel, etc... but I'd never be able to afford to live off what their rates were. However Full Sail wasn't focused in TV Production, it was more the "New York, LA, Vancoover" style where you work on major motion pictures or reality tv or something and can actually make a days wages because they're usually hiring for skill and not the lowest paid person. The Full Sail degree is just as real if not more "real" than any other degree out there. I'd rather have paid what I paid to Full Sail than to some Liberal Arts school that makes me take English, Math, Science, physiatry and a bunch of other things i'll never use in my degree. It's made for a specific type of person, just like going to Emerson College for a Liberal Arts Degree in theater will cost you about 60k.
Also FullSail can be attended in a reasonable manner if you know what you're doing. I did not in terms of financies and ended up in 100k of debt. Although it's not all Full Sails fault as it is the loan companies that want to bend you over backwards and shake your pockets for all your change with high interest rates.
Full Sail is for a very specific person, you can go there and get the degree thinking you'll make 100k a year once you graduate but you'll be sadly mistaken. That type of industry it's training you for is all about who you know and you need to have that ambition. PBS here for example pays $19.95 starting for a Production Assistant.
Also FullSail can be attended in a reasonable manner if you know what you're doing. I did not in terms of financies and ended up in 100k of debt. Although it's not all Full Sails fault as it is the loan companies that want to bend you over backwards and shake your pockets for all your change with high interest rates.
Full Sail is for a very specific person, you can go there and get the degree thinking you'll make 100k a year once you graduate but you'll be sadly mistaken. That type of industry it's training you for is all about who you know and you need to have that ambition. PBS here for example pays $19.95 starting for a Production Assistant.