San Francisco Conservatory of Music Overview

San Francisco Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit institution situated in San Francisco, California. 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 Conservatory of Music Known For?

• SFCM has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 3 to 1.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at SFCM.
• In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
• It takes the average SFCM student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is San Francisco Conservatory of Music?

Contact details for SFCM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-6011
Phone:	415-864-7326
Website:	sfcm.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/SFConservatoryofMusic
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/SFConservMusic

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How Do I Get Into SFCM?

You can apply to SFCM online at: https://apply.sfcm.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for SFCM

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SFCM?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to SFCM. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 42%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 55% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 44%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Can I Afford San Francisco Conservatory of Music?

The overall average net price of SFCM is $41,518. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SFCM, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $8,930 a year. That adds up to $35,720 over four years for those students.

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 167 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 243 full-time undergraduates at SFCM, 58% are male and 42% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of San Francisco Conservatory of Music students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	19
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	84
International Students	87
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at SFCM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Music	51	31	104	186
TOTAL	51	31	104	186

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.