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Summary
San Francisco Art Institute is a private institution that was founded in 1871. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 407, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 1 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Its tuition and fees are $36,618 (2012-13).
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Founded in 1871, SFAI is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious schools of higher education in contemporary art. A small school with global impact, SFAI has been central to some of the most important art movements of the last century (fine art photography, Abstract Expressionism, Bay Area Figuration, Funk art, avant-garde film, Conceptualism, video and performance art), and notable past faculty and students include Richard Diebenkorn, Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz, Enrique Chagoya, Kathryn Bigelow, Peter Pau, Paul Kos, George Kuchar, Lance Acord, and Kehinde Wiley. SFAI is committed to providing its students with a rigorous education in the fine arts and preparation for a life in the arts through an innovative, intensive studio environment; a vital liberal arts experience; and engagement with the world at large. Programs in Design and Technology, Film, New Genres, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Urban Studies, History and Theory of Contemporary Art, and Exhibition and Museum Studies emphasize creativity and critical thinking in an open, experimental, and interdisciplinary environment. SFAI enrolls approximately 650 students in undergraduate and graduate programs, and offers a wide range of continuing education courses and public programs. The historic Chestnut Street campus is located in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood, and the Graduate Center is located in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood. The culmination of the studio art programs at the graduate level is the MFA Graduate Exhibition, which attracts thousands of visitors and is noted for its diverse, cutting-edge creative outlook. The current faculty includes leading contemporary artists, and the school hosts dozens of internationally acclaimed visiting artists and scholars each year. SFAI also fosters partnerships with cultural organizations including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Kadist Art Foundation. Students and alumni benefit from the culturally rich, socially progressive, and diverse Bay Area, a center of art, design, and technological innovation. At SFAI, the focus is on educating artists who will become the creative leaders of their generation. |
General Information
| School type | private, coed college |
| Year founded | 1871 |
| Religious affiliation | N/A |
| Academic calendar | semester |
| Setting | urban |
| 2011 Endowment | $8,232,095 |
Applying
When applying to San Francisco Art Institute, it's important to note the application deadline is rolling. The application fee at San Francisco Art Institute is $65. It has an an acceptance rate of 57.1 percent.
For more information about the tests, essays, interviews, and admissions process, visit the Applying to College knowledge center.
| Selectivity | N/A |
| Fall 2011 acceptance rate | 57.1% |
| Application deadline | rolling |
| SAT/ACT scores must be received by | N/A |
Academic Life
The student-faculty ratio at San Francisco Art Institute is 11:1, and the school has 83.6 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at San Francisco Art Institute include: Painting; Visual and Performing Arts, Other; Cinematography and Film/Video Production; Design and Visual Communications, General; and Photography. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 55.0 percent.
Student Life
San Francisco Art Institute has a total undergraduate enrollment of 407, with a gender distribution of 44.0 percent male students and 56.0 percent female students. At this school, 34.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 66.0 percent of students live off campus.
| Total enrollment | 668 |
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| Undergraduate men who are members of a fraternity | N/A |
| Undergraduate women who are members of a sorority | N/A |
| Collegiate athletic association | N/A |
Campus Info & Services
San Francisco Art Institute offers a number of student services including nonremedial tutoring and health insurance. San Francisco Art Institute also offers campus safety and security services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols and controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc). Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age at San Francisco Art Institute.
| Students who have cars on campus | N/A |
| Health insurance offered | Yes |
| Students required to own/lease a computer | No |
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Paying for School
At San Francisco Art Institute, 75.5 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $8,910.
Paying for college doesn't have to be difficult or devastating. Go to the Paying for College knowledge center to get advice on raising cash and reducing costs.
| Tuition and fees | $36,618 (2012-13) |
| Room and board | $10,810 (2012-13) |
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* Overview details based on 2011 data
