Credit by Exam in Full Sail Business MS Programs

Full Sail University’s institutional accreditation is national accreditation from ACCSC. Online students with at least 5 years “management and/or leadership experience,” in these programs

MS Business Intelligence
MS Entertainment Business
MS Digital Marketing

may apply to the Program Director with their undergraduate transcript, résumé, and letter of intent, for permission to complete credit by examination (CE) tests for up to five courses.

CE tests for approved students have no additional cost. CE tests can only be taken once, and at the graduate level minimum score to receive credit is 85%. “If credit is earned, the tuition and credit hours are revised for the degree program accordingly. Successful completion of a CE test results in a test-out (TO) on the student’s transcript. The credit does not affect the student’s GPA but does count as hours toward graduation and maximum time frame.”

Full Sail University Graduate Admissions (section Credit by Examination)

Full Sail University 2022 Catalog [pdf] (page 259)

 

This school is ACCSC-accredited. OK, but not high on my list. YMMV. It costs around 26K a year for undergrad - so a bachelor's degree is 104K in tuition. That's a LOT - I feel you can do better, if you have that much to spend - or even considerably less.

Grad tuition is 20K per year - I can't get a breakdown by credit hour. I'm assuming you could do this in a year if you got exam credit for some courses. If not - longer, so more $. I had to go to Google to get ANY tuition info.

* Note: NOWHERE could I find the cost per credit hour. This school has some unique programs. But I'm unimpressed by the reticence to publish needed info. Only by request. Not a good vibe. We've been through the name before, so you don't need my comment on that - and neither do they.

This school has a 39% graduation rate. See that and other student outcomes on the wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Sail_University

 

Full Sail has a solid reputation in the entertainment industry, very solid. Yes, they are expensive, especially for a private, for-profit, non-regionally accredited institution. As they branch out into other realms, it may be questionable on how much that reputation carries over. In a few niche fields, they can be an institution to really consider. In most other fields and disciplines, there may be some significant caveats to consider.

 

That's putting it mildly, I think. One of the caveats might be the accreditor. Have a look at ACCSC's record here. It makes interesting reading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accrediting_Commission_of_Career_Schools_and_Colleges
See:
Involvement in US Homeland Security Operations
Student outcomes
Government scrutiny

 

Another article on the accreditor, here:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/07/28/committee-recommends-three-year-renewal-profit-accreditor?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=80bb04d658-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-80bb04d658-236821438&mc_cid=80bb04d658&mc_eid=92b3e8a476