San Francisco, CA (population: 817,411) has five interior design schools within its city limits. San Francisco State University, the highest ranked school in the city with an interior design program, has a total student population of 30,469. It is the 1329th highest ranked school in the USA and the 106th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about interior design programs in San Francisco, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of interior design professors at San Francisco State University such as Adrian Aleong, Lynne Andonian, Peggy Anstrand, Gail Baugh, Brad Borevitz, and Shirl Buss.
Interior Design students from San Francisco schools who go on to become interior design consultants, interior designers, interior decorators, interior architects, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,010 people working as interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $51,990.
San Francisco lies in San Francisco county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City Metropolitan area has 982,930 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $30/hr average worker wage, and a $61,940 average annual salary.
Of the 5 interior design schools in San Francisco, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of California-San Francisco comes out as the most expensive ($30,077/yr) for interior design students, with City College of San Francisco as the lowest, reported at only $4,129/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Francisco |
| South San Francisco | CA | 64,345 | 0 | - | 0 | 7.8 miles |
| Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 10.4 miles |
| Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 12.0 miles |
| Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 12.6 miles |
| San Mateo | CA | 93,990 | 1 | 15.1982 | 101 | 16.4 miles |
| San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 16.9 miles |
| Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 21.5 miles |
| Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 21.7 miles |
| Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 24.1 miles |
| Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 25.7 miles |
| Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 26.3 miles |
| Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 28.2 miles |
| Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 29.7 miles |
| Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 29.7 miles |
| Sunnyvale | CA | 135,564 | 4 | 17.5213 | 21 | 34.9 miles |
| Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 35.1 miles |
| Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 37.6 miles |
| Santa Clara | CA | 112,889 | 4 | 29.9373 | 188 | 38.2 miles |
| Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 38.6 miles |
| Milpitas | CA | 69,900 | 1 | 18.2292 | 19 | 38.7 miles |
| Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 40.0 miles |
| San Jose | CA | 977,893 | 9 | 20.6572 | 297 | 46.3 miles |
| Santa Cruz | CA | 57,690 | 2 | 37.6705 | 80 | 59.8 miles |
| Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 63.8 miles |
| Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 71.9 miles |
| Woodland | CA | 56,758 | 0 | - | 0 | 73.0 miles |
| West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 73.4 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 74.8 miles |
| Sacramento | CA | 475,452 | 20 | 22.3687 | 626 | 76.8 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 80.2 miles |