Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University

Every ethnic studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the ethnic studies 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 Ethnic Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies
• Master’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

SFSU Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic 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.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic 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 ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

SFSU Ethnic Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of ethnic studies master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

In the ethnic studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 85% of degree recipients. That is 29% 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 ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

The following ethnic studies concentations are available at San Francisco State University. 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
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	38
Latino Studies	28
Asian-American Studies	22
African American Studies	17
Comparative Group Studies	16
Native American Studies	7

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic 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.