San Francisco, CA's 6 best Art & Design schools [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in San Francisco ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 105K citations received by 1.88K academic papers made by 6 universities in San Francisco was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of California - San Francisco

For Art & Design

#9 in California

#63 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 3,165
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

2. San Francisco State University

For Art & Design

#16 in California

#154 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Receiving Aid: 77%
Average Aid: $9,586
Enrollment: 26,899

3. University of San Francisco

For Art & Design

#23 in California

#229 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $39,825

4. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Art & Design

#52 in California

#523 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 1,833
Male:Female: 21:79
Founded: 1968

5. California College of the Arts

For Art & Design

#61 in California

#629 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $40,231
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $28,928

6. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Art & Design

#69 in California

#685 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 2,425
Male:Female: 55:45
Founded: 1901

Universities for Art & Design near San Francisco

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
17	University of California - Berkeley	4	Berkeley, California
44	Stanford University	2	Stanford, California
64	Santa Clara University	223	Santa Clara, California
67	Sonoma State University	371	Rohnert Park, California
68	San Jose State University	111	San Jose, California
93	University of California - Santa Cruz	68	Santa Cruz, California
100	University of the Pacific	361	Stockton, California
103	University of California - Davis	59	Davis, California
123	California State University - Sacramento	301	Sacramento, California
140	Naval Postgraduate School	188	Monterey, California