Seattle Film Institute
Seattle, WA · For-profit · Large city · SFI
For-profit institution in Seattle, WA · 60 undergraduates.
- Top 5%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 12%Median graduate debt
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $41,4291,918th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $33,0001,405th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $33,0001,341st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $47,4961,405th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $13,000225th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 88.9%93rd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 72.7%1,104th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 602,040th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1212th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 40.6%674th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 14 mi (SEA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1994source
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Seattle Film Institute’s 60 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In WA
- Bastyr UniversityKenmore, WA · 58 undergrads
- Great Northern UniversitySpokane, WA · 36 undergrads
- Northwest College of Art & DesignTacoma, WA · 150 undergrads
- Faith International UniversityTacoma, WA · 196 undergrads
- Cornish College of the ArtsSeattle, WA · 480 undergrads
- Northwest UniversityKirkland, WA · 642 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Epic Bible College & Graduate SchoolSacramento, CA · 60 undergrads
- San Juan Bautista School of MedicineCaguas, PR · 60 undergrads
- Divine Word CollegeEpworth, IA · 61 undergrads
- Keser Torah-Mayan HatalmudLakewood, NJ · 59 undergrads
- Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL · 59 undergrads
- Horizon UniversityIndianapolis, IN · 58 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitesfi.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 488448)
- Compare colleges in WARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in WashingtonEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Bastyr UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Seattle Film Institute vs Bastyr UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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