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Visual & Performing Arts at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying visual and performing arts, 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 approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 615 visual and performing arts majors received their bachelor's degree from SFSU.

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

SFSU Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts
  • Master’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

SFSU Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual and performing arts progam at SFSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 visual and performing arts major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Visual & Performing Arts. 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
114

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in visual and performing arts from SFSU. This makes it the #142 most popular school for visual and performing arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at SFSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at San Francisco State University.

SFSU Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The visual and performing arts program at SFSU awarded 615 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 47% of these degrees went to men with the other 53% going to women. The typical visual and performing arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual and performing arts 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 visual and performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 136
Black or African American 37
Hispanic or Latino 152
White 172
International Students 36
Other Races/Ethnicities 82

SFSU Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

61% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a master's degree in visual and performing arts from SFSU. About 61% of these graduates were women and the other 39% were men.

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In the visual and performing arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 3% 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 visual and performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 8
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

The following visual and performing arts concentations are available at San Francisco State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Francisco State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 247
Design & Applied Arts 202
Fine & Studio Arts 99
Drama & Theater Arts 56
Music 32
Dance 10

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual and performing arts 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
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Producers and Directors 25,320 $115,080

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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