Communication Sciences at San Francisco State University

If you plan to study communication sciences, take a look at what San Francisco State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 6,627 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University in 2021, 58 of them were communication sciences majors.

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

SFSU Communication Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences

SFSU Communication Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication sciences progam at SFSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication sciences major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication Sciences. 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
	13

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in communication sciences from SFSU. This makes it the #51 most popular school for communication sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Communication Sciences Graduates from SFSU Make?

The median salary of communication sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $31,065. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 27% higher than the national average of $24,407 for all communication sciences bachelor's degree recipients.

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences from SFSU in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication sciences 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 communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SFSU Communication Sciences Master’s Program

Of the 41 communication sciences students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SFSU, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

In the communication sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 26% 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 communication sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Public Health
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences 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
Speech-Language Pathologists	13,220	$93,510
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Audiologists	990	$100,960

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.