San Francisco Film School
About
San Francisco Film School, also formerly known as the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking and FilmSchoolSF, is a private, for-profit vocational film school in San Francisco, California. The school was founded by Stephen Kopels and Jeremiah Birnbaum in 2005 and works in conjunction with Fog City Productions, a local independent production company, to teach students the art and craft of filmmaking. The programs include an Associate of Applied Sciences in Digital Filmmaking, a Professional Certificate program, workshops, and a GAP Year Semester Program.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
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 San Francisco Film School
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.
San Francisco Film School vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions San Francisco Film School 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.
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SubjectSan Francisco Film School | 67% | — | 127 | $31,029 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin | — | — | 305 | $20,738 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder | — | — | 8,504 | $12,193 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Culinary Institute Inc | — | — | 316 | $26,470 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Delta College of Arts & Technology | — | — | 326 | $19,590 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Douglas Education Center | — | — | 178 | $26,922 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
FINE Mortuary College | — | 76.5% | 185 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Jna Institute of Culinary Arts | — | — | 15 | $16,679 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts | — | 68.2% | 70 | $24,148 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Louisiana Culinary Institute | — | 37.5% | 77 | $29,765 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
MediaTech Institute-Dallas | — | — | 217 | $18,860 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
MediaTech Institute-Houston | — | — | 62 | $16,906 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Miami Media School | — | 100.0% | 28 | $30,528 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts | — | 42.8% | 251 | $39,413 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Theatre of Arts | — | 100.0% | 10 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
Worsham College of Mortuary Science | — | 92.0% | 183 | $23,925 | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design |
| Peer group median | 67% | 76.5% | 181 | $24,037 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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