Education
In Fully about 1,628 or (29.1%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 492 or (8.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 492 who completed tertiary schooling, 58.3% were Swiss men, 31.5% were Swiss women, 5.9% were non-Swiss men and 4.3% were non-Swiss women.
As of 2000, there were 8 students in Fully who came from another municipality, while 470 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
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