Seattle Film Institute
For-profit College in Seattle, WA. Six-year graduation rate 57%.
57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,000 — modest by four-year standards.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 8:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 60 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $41,595 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $39,209 at $0–30k against $46,934 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $12,547. Most students borrow — 55% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 9 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $39,209 |
| $30–48k | $40,856 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $46,934 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 33 of these 60 students, totalling $278,572 — an average of $8,442 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (King County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)