General Psychology at San Francisco State University

If you plan to study general 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. In 2021, 429 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from SFSU.

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

SFSU General Psychology Degrees Available

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

SFSU General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology 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 psychology major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	216
Best Value General Psychology Schools	241

In 2021, 45 students received their master’s degree in psychology from SFSU. This makes it the #23 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SFSU Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $29,678. This is 4% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 429 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from SFSU. About 23% were men and 77% were 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 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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	86
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	170
White	88
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

SFSU General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 45 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from SFSU in 2021, 24% were men and 76% were 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.

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	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	15
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.