About
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music is a music institution located in San Francisco, California. Notable focus areas include various music majors such as brass, composition, historical performance, and technology and applied composition. The institution offers a variety of programs, including pre-college and continuing education.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 17.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at SFCM
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
SFCM vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions SFCM selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSan Francisco Conservatory of Music | 74% | — | 439 | $42,448 | — |
Cleveland Institute of Music | 72% | 47.3% | 293 | $32,623 | — |
Manhattan School of Music | 78% | 40.8% | 1,084 | $47,599 | — |
The Juilliard School | 91% | 9.2% | 1,073 | $37,903 | — |
The New England Conservatory of Music | 73% | 41.1% | 853 | $42,556 | — |
| Peer group median | 74% | 40.9% | 853 | $42,448 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of SFCM (11)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- John AdamsMusic
- Sérgio AssadMusic
- George DukeMusic
- Gordon GettyMusic
- Eddie HendersonMusic
- Aaron Jay KernisMusic
- Carla KihlstedtMusic
- Lise LindstromMusic
- Terry RileyMusic
- Rob WassermanMusic
- Isaac SternMusic
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