Area Studies at San Francisco State University

What traits are you looking for in a area studies school? To help you decide if San Francisco State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's area studies program.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349. Of the 6,627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University in 2021, 2 of them were area studies majors.

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

SFSU Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

SFSU Area Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks area studies programs across the country. The following shows how SFSU performed in these rankings.

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 studies major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area 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
Best Area Studies Schools	72
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	323

Area Studies Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 area studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SFSU, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area 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 studies.

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

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

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area 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
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.