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 1% student loan default rate at SFCM is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at SFCM.
• In <nil>, 100% 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

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	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

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 46%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 57% of accepted students are men and 43% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 43%.

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 37% of students took out student loans averaging $10,018 a year. That adds up to $40,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SFCM is 1.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 214 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 228 full-time undergraduates at SFCM, 59% are male and 41% 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	16
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	88
International Students	68
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

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.

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.