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Computer Science at San Francisco State University

Computer Science at San Francisco State University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at San Francisco State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
  • Master’s Degree in CompSci

SFSU Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

CompSci Student Demographics at SFSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at San Francisco State University.

SFSU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

16% Women
72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 84% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor's in compsci.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 143
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 56
White 49
International Students 21
Other Races/Ethnicities 24

SFSU Computer Science Master’s Program

34% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Francisco State University with a master's in compsci.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 17
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Computer Science

Computer Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Francisco State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science 268

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for San Francisco State University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Systems Software Developers 88,910 $131,700
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers 63,640 $180,250
Computer Programmers 29,740 $97,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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