San Francisco Conservatory of Music

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco Conservatory of Music operates as a private nonprofit institution located in San Francisco, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 226 students of which 221 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. San Francisco Conservatory of Music is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 54.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $42,607, with published in-state tuition of $56,150 and a Pell grant recipient share of 16.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.7%, and the first-year retention rate is 92.7%. Ten-year median earnings data is not yet published, compared with $23,988 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 6800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.