Museum Studies at San Francisco State University

If you plan to study museum studies, 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 has a total student population of 27,349.

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

SFSU Museum Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

SFSU Museum Studies Rankings

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Museum Studies Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Museum Studies Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Museum Studies from SFSU in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

In the museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 56% of degree recipients. That is 31% 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 museum studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Science, Technology & Society
• Marine Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Gerontology
• Behavioral Science

Careers That Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in museum 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
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
Curators	1,140	$67,650
Archivists	380	$72,240

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.