With an enrollment of 13,000 students, the Academy of Art University is the largest institute of art and design in the nation. The California College of the Arts, located north of Potrero Hill, has programs in architecture, fine arts, design, and writing. The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the only independent music school on the West Coast, grants degrees in orchestral instruments, chamber music, composition, and conducting. The San Francisco Art Institute, founded in 1871 and the oldest art school west of the Mississippi, closed in 2022.
With an enrollment of 13000 students the Academy of Art University is the largest institute of art and design in the nation The California College of the Arts located north of Potrero Hill has programs in architecture fine arts design and writing The San Francisco Conservatory of Music the only independent music school on the West Coast grants degrees in orchestral instruments chamber music composition and conducting The San Francisco Art Institute founded in 1871 and the oldest art school west of the Mississippi closed in 2022