Enrollment Trends at SFCM

The student population at San Francisco Conservatory of Music is 439 (227 undergraduate and 212 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 60 (15.83%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SFCM is 51.71% which is increased by 69 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 9 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 117 male students for every 100 female students, up from 93 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (San Francisco Conservatory of Music does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 418 where 439 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 452 students in 2020 and was lowest at 379 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 379 to 439 students, a net gain of 60 (15.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	379	158	88	70	221	95	126
2016-17	401 22	188 30	104 16	84 14	213 -8	91 -4	122 -4
2017-18	414 13	205 17	116 12	89 5	209 -4	88 -3	121 -1
2018-19	398 -16	221 16	125 9	96 7	177 -32	85 -3	92 -29
2019-20	452 54	233 12	133 8	100 4	219 42	100 15	119 27
2020-21	410 -42	243 10	142 9	101 1	167 -52	74 -26	93 -26
2021-22	442 32	228 -15	135 -7	93 -8	214 47	88 14	126 33
2022-23	437 -5	221 -7	135	86 -7	216 2	103 15	113 -13
2023-24	403 -34	215 -6	136 1	79 -7	188 -28	94 -9	94 -19
2024-25	439 36	227 12	133 -3	94 15	212 24	104 10	108 14
Average	418	214	125	89	204	92	111

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 214 where 227 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	158	156	88	68	2	0	2
2016-17	188	186	102	84	2	2	0
2017-18	205	204	116	88	1	0	1
2018-19	221	221	125	96	0	0	0
2019-20	233	233	133	100	0	0	0
2020-21	243	243	142	101	0	0	0
2021-22	228	228	135	93	0	0	0
2022-23	221	221	135	86	0	0	0
2023-24	215	215	136	79	0	0	0
2024-25	227	221	128	93	6	5	1
Average	214	214	124	89	214	1	0

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 204 where 212 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	221	218	93	125	3	2	1
2016-17	213	211	89	122	2	2	0
2017-18	209	208	88	120	1	0	1
2018-19	177	176	84	92	1	1	0
2019-20	219	214	96	118	5	4	1
2020-21	167	166	74	92	1	0	1
2021-22	214	213	88	125	1	0	1
2022-23	216	213	101	112	3	2	1
2023-24	188	186	94	92	2	0	2
2024-25	212	209	103	106	3	1	2
Average	204	204	91	110	204	1	1

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.78% and the percentage of black students is 1.59% at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 7.06% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 36.94% to 22.78%. Asian enrollment declined from 9.76% to 7.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.58% to 1.59%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.49% to 7.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9356 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8453 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at San Francisco Conservatory of Music over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	5	37	6	17	2	140	30
2016-17	3	33	13	19	1	134	26
2017-18	3	29	19	20	0	144	28
2018-19	1	49	15	12	1	146	18
2019-20	0	53	18	13	1	165	7
2020-21	0	36	12	30	1	140	15
2021-22	0	37	10	44	0	173	23
2022-23	0	31	12	43	0	158	29
2023-24	0	25	12	43	0	135	28
2024-25	0	31	7	31	0	100	21
Average	1	36	12	27	1	144	23

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at SFCM

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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