6 Best Art & Design schools in San Francisco, CA

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Below is a list of best universities in San Francisco ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 326K citations received by 11.1K 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

#10 in California
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

2. San Francisco State University

For Art & Design

#15 in California
Acceptance Rate
94%
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,830
Enrollment
25,282

3. University of San Francisco

For Art & Design

#25 in California
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$42,953

4. Golden Gate University - San Francisco

For Art & Design

#63 in California
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
2,661
Male:Female
55:45
Founded
1901

5. California Institute of Integral Studies

For Art & Design

#64 in California
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
2,145
Male:Female
18:82
Founded
1968

6. California College of the Arts

For Art & Design

#87 in California
Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$47,862
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$27,563

Universities for Art & Design near San Francisco

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University
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City
15 Saybrook University 602
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Oakland, California
17 University of California - Berkeley 2
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Berkeley, California
17 Graduate Theological Union 565
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Berkeley, California
21 Mills College 547
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Oakland, California
24 Dominican University of California 672
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San Rafael, California
28 Saint Mary's College of California 590
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Moraga, California
35 California State University - East Bay 532
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Hayward, California
37 John F. Kennedy University 337
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Pleasant Hill, California
44 Stanford University 1
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Stanford, California
48 Palo Alto University 379
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Palo Alto, California

Art & Design subfields in San Francisco