Anthropology at San Francisco State University

If you plan to study anthropology, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from SFSU.

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

SFSU Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
• Master’s Degree in Anthropology

SFSU Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology 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 anthropology major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. 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 Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in anthropology from SFSU. This makes it the #124 most popular school for anthropology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SFSU Anthropology Graduates

The median salary of anthropology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $34,390. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 36% higher than the national average of $25,284 for all anthropology bachelor's degree recipients.

Anthropology Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 53 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from SFSU in 2020-2021, 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology 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 anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SFSU Anthropology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of anthropology master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the anthropology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Urban Studies
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

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.