Psychology at San Francisco State University

If you plan to study psychology, 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 Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

SFSU Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	104
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	222
White	82
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

SFSU Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 24% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	12
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Francisco State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	474

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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

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