San Francisco, CA · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
San Francisco Film School is a private for-profit institution in San Francisco, CA, where the highest award offered is a associate's degree. It enrolls about 127 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 8:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: www.sanfranciscofilmschool.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at San Francisco Film School is $48,650 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 288 California colleges that do report one is $16,639.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco State University | Public | 18,639 | $7,950 |
| City College of San Francisco | Public | 17,348 | $1,696 |
| University of San Francisco | Private nonprofit | 5,287 | $60,492 |
| Academy of Art University | Private for-profit | 3,587 | $30,736 |
| California College of the Arts | Private nonprofit | 990 | $60,226 |
| Minerva University | Private nonprofit | 637 | $23,630 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 67% |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 23% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 96% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for San Francisco Film School's largest program is $48,650 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
San Francisco Film School enrolls about 127 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 8:1.
San Francisco Film School is a private for-profit institution in San Francisco, CA. Its highest award is a associate's degree, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. San Francisco Film School does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.