English at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying english, you may want to check out the program at San Francisco State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 English section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

SFSU English Rankings

The english language major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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.

English Language Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

SFSU English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of english language master's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	24
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.