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San Francisco Art Institute is a private located in San Francisco, California.
Return on educational investment at San Francisco Art Institute is in the bottom 5% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $37,487 10 years after enrolling, 99th in California, and in the bottom 25% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, San Francisco Art Institute bachelor students earn 5% less than the national average. San Francisco Art Institute is ranked 82nd in California.
San Francisco Art Institute’s median net annual cost of $40,793 and average years to graduate of 4.2 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 1 programs at San Francisco Art Institute sorted by number of graduates - FIlm, Video & Photography - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$40,793
Average years to graduate
4.2
EarningPlus compares the three-year post graduate earnings to the median earnings of the same graduating class, with the same graduate degree. These 2 metrics, debt-to-earnings and EarningsPlus, are combined into an economic score. The lower the economic score the better.
The most popular 1 graduate programs at San Francisco Art Institute - Fine & Studio Arts - are shown below.
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.2 years. 60% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at San Francisco Art Institute is 7% lower than the state average, and 6% below the average for all special focus four-year: arts, music & design schools in the country.
At San Francisco Art Institute, Pell Grant recipients represent 27% of the measured graduating class, 8% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at San Francisco Art Institute graduates within 4.3 years.
San Francisco Art Institute is in the bottom 50% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
San Francisco Art Institute’s economic mobility score of 0.09 is calculated by adjusting the 139.09 economic score of lower-income students by the 27% pell grant recipients within the student body. San Francisco Art Institute’s EMS of 0.09 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Bottom 5%
The average Title IV recipient at San Francisco Art Institute pays $40,793 a year, $6,771 less than the $47,564 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $40,793
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At San Francisco Art Institute, null% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $40,793 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, null% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $null. This is null the national average.
Pell grants
$3,076
Full time
96%
83%
Female
58%
59%
First time
41%
59%
In-state
N/A
68%
1st generation
N/A
35%
White
36%
52%
Black
N/A
14%
Hispanic
27%
15%
Asian
5%
5%
American Indian
N/A
1.6%
Pacific Islander
N/A
0.3%
Other
32%
12%