Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, 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 has a total student population of 27,349. In 2021, 110 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from SFSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Master’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

SFSU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies progam at SFSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	22
Most Focused Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	107

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from SFSU. This makes it the #20 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at SFSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at San Francisco State University.

SFSU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at SFSU awarded 110 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 25% of these degrees went to men with the other 75% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	6
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

SFSU Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

In the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 3% better 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 master's in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SFSU also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Francisco State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Ethnic Studies	128
Area Studies	2

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Psychology
• Social Sciences
• Education

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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.