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San Francisco Film School: cost, admission and results

San Francisco Film School is a private for-profit college in San Francisco, California. It has about 127 undergraduate students. The average net price for students with federal aid is $31,768 a year.

At a glance

  • $31,768Net price a year
  • 51%Graduation rate
Location
San Francisco, California 94104
Type
Private for-profit
Degrees
Mostly associate degrees (two-year)
Setting
Large city
Undergraduate students
127
Students per teacher
8 to 1
Accredited by
Council on Occupational Education
Website
sanfranciscofilmschool.edu

Getting in

San Francisco Film School has an open admission policy: it does not turn applicants away on grades or test scores, though some courses can have their own requirements.

What it costs

Average net price after grants and scholarships$31,768

The net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average for a year after grants and scholarships were taken off. It is 42% above the median net price of colleges in California on this site ($22,336).

Net price by family income

Family income a yearAverage net price
Up to $30,000$32,380
$30,001 to $48,000$31,657
$48,001 to $75,000$31,281
$75,001 to $110,000not reported
Above $110,000not reported

For students who received federal aid. A negative figure means grants were larger than the cost counted.

For an estimate that fits your own family, use the college's net price calculator.

Results

MeasureThis collegeCA medianUS median
Students who come back for a second year25%76%73%
Students who finish their degree (within one and a half times the normal length)51%51%49%

Medians are the middle value of the colleges on this site in California and in the whole country. Completion and return rates count first-time, full-time students. Earnings and debt count students who received federal aid.

The students

28% of undergraduates receive a Pell Grant, the federal grant for students from lower-income families. 25% take a federal student loan. The undergraduate body is 9% women and 91% men. By undergraduate numbers it is number 235 of the 267 colleges in California on this site that report a size; the middle-sized one has 2,759.

What is not reported

The College Scorecard has no figure for an admission rate, published tuition, earnings of former students or loan debt at San Francisco Film School. That is common for colleges that are small or new, that teach mostly graduate students, or that take few first-time, full-time students, because several measures count only that group. It says nothing by itself about quality. Ask the college directly for the figures that matter to you.

Other colleges in California of a similar size

Common questions

What is the graduation rate of San Francisco Film School?

51% of first-time, full-time students finish within one and a half times the normal length of the course.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education, data released on 2 November 2026; checked in November 2026. Net price, debt and earnings describe students who received US federal aid. Costs change each year. This is official data for general information, not advice: confirm costs and admission rules on the college's own website and at collegescorecard.ed.gov.

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