San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
3,500,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
200 (100% 😎)
Sunshine Hours
2,972 (87%)
Days Without Precipitation
303 (93% 🏖️)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
232
Men / Women
59% / 41%
Racial/Ethnic
International
30%
White
22%
Asian
8%
Hispanic
8%
Mixed
8%
Black
2%
Native American
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Men: 61.5% 61.5%
2012 Men: 51.4% 51.4%
2013 Men: 45.5% 45.5%
2014 Men: 70.7% 70.7%
2015 Men: 61.8% 61.8%
2016 Men: 53.7% 53.7%
2017 Men: 55.7% 55.7%
2018 Men: 55.7% 55.7%
2019 Men: 61.4% 61.4%
2020 Men: 61.4% 61.4%
2021 Men: 60.3% 60.3%
2022 Men: 63.6% 63.6%
2023 Men: 63.0% 63.0%
2024 Men: 64.9% 64.9%
2025 Men: 53.8% 53.8%
Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 5.9% 5.9%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 12.8% 12.8%
2012 Asian: 8.1% 8.1%
2013 Asian: 9.1% 9.1%
2014 Asian: 9.8% 9.8%
2015 Asian: 8.8% 8.8%
2016 Asian: 5.6% 5.6%
2017 Asian: 9.8% 9.8%
2018 Asian: 9.8% 9.8%
2019 Asian: 12.3% 12.3%
2020 Asian: 12.3% 12.3%
2021 Asian: 12.3% 12.3%
2022 Asian: 7.3% 7.3%
2023 Asian: 6.5% 6.5%
2024 Asian: 10.5% 10.5%
2025 Asian: 4.6% 4.6%
2011 Black: 2.6% 2.6%
2012 Black: 5.4% 5.4%
2013 Black: 3.0% 3.0%
2014 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Black: 2.9% 2.9%
2016 Black: 5.6% 5.6%
2017 Black: 9.8% 9.8%
2018 Black: 1.6% 1.6%
2019 Black: 3.5% 3.5%
2020 Black: 3.5% 3.5%
2021 Black: 4.1% 4.1%
2022 Black: 3.6% 3.6%
2023 Black: 4.3% 4.3%
2024 Black: 3.5% 3.5%
2025 Black: 1.5% 1.5%
2011 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6%
2012 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7%
2013 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0%
2014 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3%
2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6%
2017 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3%
2018 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9%
2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3%
2022 Hispanic: 14.5% 14.5%
2023 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5%
2024 Hispanic: 15.8% 15.8%
2025 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 White: 33.3% 33.3%
2012 White: 35.1% 35.1%
2013 White: 27.3% 27.3%
2014 White: 31.7% 31.7%
2015 White: 29.4% 29.4%
2016 White: 29.6% 29.6%
2017 White: 39.3% 39.3%
2018 White: 50.8% 50.8%
2019 White: 40.4% 40.4%
2020 White: 40.4% 40.4%
2021 White: 35.6% 35.6%
2022 White: 36.4% 36.4%
2023 White: 30.4% 30.4%
2024 White: 28.1% 28.1%
2025 White: 1.5% 1.5%
2011 International: 35.9% 35.9%
2012 International: 18.9% 18.9%
2013 International: 30.3% 30.3%
2014 International: 26.8% 26.8%
2015 International: 29.4% 29.4%
2016 International: 44.4% 44.4%
2017 International: 31.1% 31.1%
2018 International: 27.9% 27.9%
2019 International: 43.9% 43.9%
2020 International: 43.9% 43.9%
2021 International: 24.7% 24.7%
2022 International: 25.5% 25.5%
2023 International: 32.6% 32.6%
2024 International: 29.8% 29.8%
2025 International: 32.3% 32.3%
Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates
0
125
250
375
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Total: 183 183
2012 Total: 182 182
2013 Total: 171 171
2014 Total: 170 170
2015 Total: 156 156
2016 Total: 186 186
2017 Total: 204 204
2018 Total: 221 221
2019 Total: 233 233
2020 Total: 226 226
2021 Total: 243 243
2022 Total: 233 233
2023 Total: 225 225
2024 Total: 221 221
2025 Total: 232 232
2011 Men: 97 97
2012 Men: 94 94
2013 Men: 86 86
2014 Men: 95 95
2015 Men: 88 88
2016 Men: 102 102
2017 Men: 116 116
2018 Men: 125 125
2019 Men: 133 133
2020 Men: 133 133
2021 Men: 145 145
2022 Men: 139 139
2023 Men: 139 139
2024 Men: 139 139
2025 Men: 136 136
2011 Women: 86 86
2012 Women: 88 88
2013 Women: 85 85
2014 Women: 75 75
2015 Women: 68 68
2016 Women: 84 84
2017 Women: 88 88
2018 Women: 96 96
2019 Women: 100 100
2020 Women: 93 93
2021 Women: 98 98
2022 Women: 94 94
2023 Women: 86 86
2024 Women: 82 82
2025 Women: 96 96
Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2011 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2012 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2013 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2015 Native: 1.9% 1.9%
2016 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2017 Native: 1.5% 1.5%
2018 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 Asian: 9.3% 9.3%
2012 Asian: 6.6% 6.6%
2013 Asian: 7.0% 7.0%
2014 Asian: 10.0% 10.0%
2015 Asian: 10.3% 10.3%
2016 Asian: 7.0% 7.0%
2017 Asian: 7.8% 7.8%
2018 Asian: 10.9% 10.9%
2019 Asian: 11.2% 11.2%
2020 Asian: 11.5% 11.5%
2021 Asian: 10.7% 10.7%
2022 Asian: 6.9% 6.9%
2023 Asian: 7.1% 7.1%
2024 Asian: 9.5% 9.5%
2025 Asian: 7.8% 7.8%
2011 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2012 Black: 4.9% 4.9%
2013 Black: 2.9% 2.9%
2014 Black: 1.8% 1.8%
2015 Black: 2.6% 2.6%
2016 Black: 3.8% 3.8%
2017 Black: 5.9% 5.9%
2018 Black: 4.5% 4.5%
2019 Black: 3.9% 3.9%
2020 Black: 4.0% 4.0%
2021 Black: 3.7% 3.7%
2022 Black: 3.4% 3.4%
2023 Black: 4.9% 4.9%
2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6%
2025 Black: 1.7% 1.7%
2011 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6%
2012 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9%
2013 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5%
2014 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6%
2015 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4%
2016 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9%
2017 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4%
2018 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1%
2019 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0%
2020 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2%
2021 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3%
2022 Hispanic: 10.7% 10.7%
2023 Hispanic: 10.2% 10.2%
2024 Hispanic: 13.1% 13.1%
2025 Hispanic: 8.2% 8.2%
2011 White: 42.6% 42.6%
2012 White: 44.0% 44.0%
2013 White: 38.0% 38.0%
2014 White: 33.5% 33.5%
2015 White: 32.7% 32.7%
2016 White: 32.3% 32.3%
2017 White: 34.3% 34.3%
2018 White: 38.5% 38.5%
2019 White: 40.3% 40.3%
2020 White: 39.4% 39.4%
2021 White: 36.2% 36.2%
2022 White: 37.8% 37.8%
2023 White: 31.6% 31.6%
2024 White: 31.2% 31.2%
2025 White: 22.0% 22.0%
2011 International: 22.4% 22.4%
2012 International: 21.4% 21.4%
2013 International: 25.7% 25.7%
2014 International: 28.2% 28.2%
2015 International: 25.6% 25.6%
2016 International: 33.3% 33.3%
2017 International: 29.9% 29.9%
2018 International: 30.8% 30.8%
2019 International: 36.9% 36.9%
2020 International: 38.1% 38.1%
2021 International: 29.6% 29.6%
2022 International: 30.5% 30.5%
2023 International: 33.3% 33.3%
2024 International: 27.6% 27.6%
2025 International: 30.2% 30.2%
Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.
IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.
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San Francisco Conservatory of Music
49
59%
37%
14%
2%
12%
20%
$29,213
0
-1.88
1
82%
Brass
5 —
80%
60%
20%
0%
0%
0%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Composition
4 —
100%
75%
0%
0%
25%
0%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Jazz
5 —
100%
60%
20%
0%
0%
0%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Keyboard Studies
3 —
67%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Percussion
— —
—
—
—
—
—
—
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Strings
13 —
54%
23%
31%
0%
15%
15%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Technology and Applied Composition
11 —
55%
45%
0%
0%
9%
18%
$23,902
0
-2.45
1
81%
—
—
—
—
Voice
5 —
20%
20%
0%
20%
20%
40%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Woodwinds
3 —
0%
0%
33%
0%
33%
33%
$30,751
2
-1.72
1
83%
—
—
—
—
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$60,612
ROI Percentile
1th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
93%
4-Year Graduation Rate
44%
6-Year Graduation Rate
74%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 75.0% 75.0%
2012 Graduated: 69.2% 69.2%
2013 Graduated: 68.5% 68.5%
2014 Graduated: 50.0% 50.0%
2015 Graduated: 70.6% 70.6%
2016 Graduated: 73.0% 73.0%
2017 Graduated: 63.3% 63.3%
2018 Graduated: 57.9% 57.9%
2019 Graduated: 61.3% 61.3%
2020 Graduated: 69.2% 69.2%
2021 Graduated: 70.6% 70.6%
2022 Graduated: 63.0% 63.0%
2023 Graduated: 52.5% 52.5%
2024 Graduated: 73.7% 73.7%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 73.9% 2012 Men: 63.6% 2013 Men: 62.5% 2014 Men: 50.0% 2015 Men: 63.9% 2016 Men: 65.2% 2017 Men: 57.7% 2018 Men: 57.9% 2019 Men: 53.8% 2020 Men: 66.7% 2021 Men: 61.9% 2022 Men: 53.3% 2023 Men: 41.2% 2024 Men: 73.3% 2011 Women: 76.2% 2012 Women: 73.3% 2013 Women: 77.3% 2014 Women: 50.0% 2015 Women: 78.1% 2016 Women: 77.5% 2017 Women: 69.6% 2018 Women: 57.9% 2019 Women: 66.7% 2020 Women: 75.0% 2021 Women: 84.6% 2022 Women: 75.0% 2023 Women: 66.7% 2024 Women: 74.1%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Asian: 80.0% 2012 Asian: 83.3% 2013 Asian: 83.3% 2014 Asian: 55.6% 2015 Asian: 75.0% 2016 Asian: 100.0% 2017 Asian: 60.0% 2018 Asian: 100.0% 2019 Asian: 66.7% 2020 Asian: 57.1% 2021 Asian: 66.7% 2022 Asian: 100.0% 2023 Asian: 100.0% 2024 Asian: 66.7% 2013 Black: 0.0% 2014 Black: 0.0% 2015 Black: 83.3% 2016 Black: 0.0% 2017 Black: 100.0% 2018 Black: 50.0% 2019 Black: 0.0% 2021 Black: 100.0% 2022 Black: 33.3% 2023 Black: 16.7% 2011 Hispanic: 80.0% 2012 Hispanic: 100.0% 2013 Hispanic: 25.0% 2014 Hispanic: 100.0% 2015 Hispanic: 60.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 2020 Hispanic: 100.0% 2021 Hispanic: 100.0% 2022 Hispanic: 83.3% 2023 Hispanic: 100.0% 2024 Hispanic: 60.0% 2011 White: 70.6% 2012 White: 52.2% 2013 White: 87.5% 2014 White: 31.2% 2015 White: 66.7% 2016 White: 75.0% 2017 White: 70.6% 2018 White: 30.8% 2019 White: 44.4% 2020 White: 64.3% 2021 White: 81.8% 2022 White: 53.3% 2023 White: 43.5% 2024 White: 81.5% 2011 International: 90.0% 2012 International: 84.6% 2013 International: 84.2% 2014 International: 77.8% 2015 International: 81.8% 2016 International: 75.0% 2017 International: 61.1% 2018 International: 75.0% 2019 International: 70.0% 2020 International: 80.0% 2021 International: 55.6% 2022 International: 66.7% 2023 International: 62.5% 2024 International: 75.0%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
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Arts
100.0%
49
59%
37%
14%
2%
12%
20%
$29,213
0
-1.88
1
82%
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Admissions
Uses Common App
No
Acceptance Rate
55%
Yield (non-ED)
29%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
55%
55%
55%
This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.
Acceptance & Yield
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 40.8% 40.8%
2012 Acceptance: 47.5% 47.5%
2013 Acceptance: 39.9% 39.9%
2014 Acceptance: 37.3% 37.3%
2015 Acceptance: 46.7% 46.7%
2016 Acceptance: 41.7% 41.7%
2017 Acceptance: 43.8% 43.8%
2018 Acceptance: 45.2% 45.2%
2019 Acceptance: 47.6% 47.6%
2020 Acceptance: 45.6% 45.6%
2021 Acceptance: 46.4% 46.4%
2022 Acceptance: 41.6% 41.6%
2023 Acceptance: 51.9% 51.9%
2024 Acceptance: 54.9% 54.9%
2011 Yield: 35.1% 35.1%
2012 Yield: 31.1% 31.1%
2013 Yield: 28.0% 28.0%
2014 Yield: 33.3% 33.3%
2015 Yield: 19.5% 19.5%
2016 Yield: 30.5% 30.5%
2017 Yield: 33.9% 33.9%
2018 Yield: 27.5% 27.5%
2019 Yield: 27.0% 27.0%
2020 Yield: 24.9% 24.9%
2021 Yield: 25.0% 25.0%
2022 Yield: 27.6% 27.6%
2023 Yield: 23.7% 23.7%
2024 Yield: 27.2% 27.2%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
250
500
750
1,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 272 272
2012 Applicants: 257 257
2013 Applicants: 296 296
2014 Applicants: 330 330
2015 Applicants: 362 362
2016 Applicants: 424 424
2017 Applicants: 411 411
2018 Applicants: 491 491
2019 Applicants: 475 475
2020 Applicants: 502 502
2021 Applicants: 422 422
2022 Applicants: 392 392
2023 Applicants: 439 439
2024 Applicants: 428 428
2011 Admitted: 111 111
2012 Admitted: 122 122
2013 Admitted: 118 118
2014 Admitted: 123 123
2015 Admitted: 169 169
2016 Admitted: 177 177
2017 Admitted: 180 180
2018 Admitted: 222 222
2019 Admitted: 226 226
2020 Admitted: 229 229
2021 Admitted: 196 196
2022 Admitted: 163 163
2023 Admitted: 228 228
2024 Admitted: 235 235
2011 Enrolled: 39 39
2012 Enrolled: 38 38
2013 Enrolled: 33 33
2014 Enrolled: 41 41
2015 Enrolled: 33 33
2016 Enrolled: 54 54
2017 Enrolled: 61 61
2018 Enrolled: 61 61
2019 Enrolled: 61 61
2020 Enrolled: 57 57
2021 Enrolled: 49 49
2022 Enrolled: 45 45
2023 Enrolled: 54 54
2024 Enrolled: 64 64
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
Submission-Adjusted SAT Distribution
Estimate based on the latest published p25 and p75, adjusted to a 100% test-submission reference. Highlighted bars show the adjusted middle 50%.
Submitting a Test Score
0%
1%
3%
4%
5%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2022 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
