Sociology at San Francisco State University
SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 131 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from SFSU.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.
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SFSU Sociology Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
SFSU Sociology Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology progam at SFSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.
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Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings
The sociology major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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 |
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Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 183 |
Earnings of SFSU Sociology Graduates
The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $37,633. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 23% higher than the national average of $30,566 for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.
Sociology Student Demographics at SFSU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the sociology majors at San Francisco State University.
SFSU Sociology Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sociology 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 sociology.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 18 |
Black or African American | 19 |
Hispanic or Latino | 63 |
White | 16 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
SFSU also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Related Majors
- Urban Studies
- Geography & Cartography
- Anthropology
- International Relations & National Security
- Economics
Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into
A degree in sociology 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 |
Sociologists | 1,070 | $98,560 |
Sociology Professors | 970 | $103,600 |
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.
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