San Francisco Art Institute Overview

Located in San Francisco, California, San Francisco Art Institute is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of San Francisco makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is San Francisco Art Institute Known For?

• SFAI has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 3 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at SFAI.
• In 2019-2020, 79% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average SFAI student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is San Francisco Art Institute?

Contact details for SFAI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94133-2299
Phone:	415-771-7020
Website:	www.sfai.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SanFranciscoArtInstitute
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/SFAIEvents

How Do I Get Into SFAI?

You can apply to SFAI online at: https://www.sfai.edu/admissions

Admission Requirements for SFAI

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SFAI?

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 73% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 98%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Can I Afford San Francisco Art Institute?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SFAI, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $4,946 a year. That adds up to $19,784 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SFAI is 12.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

San Francisco Art Institute Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 26 undergraduate students at SFAI, with 10 being full-time and 16 being part-time.

There are also 15 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 10 full-time undergraduates at SFAI, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of San Francisco Art Institute students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at San Francisco Art Institute. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at SFAI. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Online Learning at San Francisco Art Institute

In 2019-2020, 6 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SFAI has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of SFAI

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at San Francisco Art Institute was 104.2%. This is the #404 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SFAI regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

San Francisco Art Institute Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Fine & Studio Arts	19	14	33
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	18	0	18
Other Visual Art	6	0	6
General Visual & Performing Arts	2	0	2
Museum Studies	0	0	0
Urban Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	45	14	59

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By FoxyOrange under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.