Germanic Languages at San Francisco State University

Every Germanic languages school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the German 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. In 2021, 4 German majors received their bachelor's degree from SFSU.

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

SFSU Germanic Languages Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in German

SFSU Germanic Languages Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks German 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 German major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Germanic Languages. 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
Most Focused Germanic Languages Master’s Degree Schools	37
	37

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in German from SFSU. This is the #37 most popular school for German master’s degree candidates in the country.

German Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Germanic Languages Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in German from SFSU in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical German bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% more racial-ethnic minorities in its German 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 German.

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

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

Related Majors

• Classical Languages & Literature
• Linguistics & Comparative Literature
• East Asian Languages
• Romance Languages

Careers That German Grads May Go Into

A degree in German 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
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Foreign Language and Literature Professors	2,700	$114,690

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.