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Sociology at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at San Francisco State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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.

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.

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 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
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.

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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

72% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 131 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from SFSU. About 28% were men and 72% were women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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