Seattle Film Institute
Tuition per year
$33,000
$50,310 with room and board
Peer median $40,478
Undergraduates
65
Student-faculty ratio 8:1
Peer median 9 : 1
“Peers” are all 51 private art, music and design schools in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).
About
- Type
- Private for-profit, 4-year
- Location
- Seattle, Washington
- Website
- www.sfi.edu/#fronttable
- Undergraduates
- 65
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Large city
- Nearest major city
- In Seattle
- Nearest international airport
- Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA), about 15 mi
- Academic calendar
- Quarter
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- David Shulman (President)
- Phone
- 2065684387
- City
- Seattle, Washington
- Address
- 3210 16th Avenue W, Seattle, WA 98119-1707
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Popular graduate programs
- Music Technology · Master's9 (22% international)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other · Master's8 (0% international)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General · Master's1 (0% international)
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard
*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
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***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under | Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinematography and Film/Video Production. | $13,476-$30,789 | ||
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other. | $13,476-$30,789 | ||
| Music Technology. | - | ||
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General. | - |
Students
85 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 71:29 · Freshman retention 77.8%
- Continuing undergraduates 30
- First-year undergraduates 14
- Graduate students 20
- Transfers and others 21
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (65)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 51 private art, music and design schools in the U.S.
0 in 2025 · 0.0% in 2017
7 in 2025 · 0.0% in 2017
Cost
2025 cost per year
$50,310
- Undergraduate tuition
- $33,000
- Room and board
- $17,310
- Graduate tuition
- $34,000
Peer median tuition + room and board $58,844 · all 51 private art, music and design schools in the U.S.
Tuition rose 9% from 2017 to 2025; room and board rose 33%.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$2.4M
Expenses$1.9M
Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)
Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 51 private art, music and design schools in the U.S.
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle · 0.7 mi
U.S. News #262
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University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle · 3.4 mi
U.S. News #49
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Seattle UniversitySeattle · 3.9 mi
U.S. News #179
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University of Puget SoundTacoma · 27.1 mi
Liberal Arts #100
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Portland State UniversityPortland · 148.4 mi
U.S. News #236
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Reed CollegePortland · 150.3 mi
Liberal Arts #60
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Pacific UniversityForest Grove · 151.0 mi
U.S. News #236
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Lewis & Clark CollegePortland · 152.5 mi
Liberal Arts #97
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George Fox UniversityNewberg · 164.5 mi
U.S. News #262
Peer median 1.3 · all 51 private art, music and design schools in the U.S.
Incidents, 2023–2025
From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.