Design & Applied Arts at San Francisco State University

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a design school? To help you decide if San Francisco State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's design program.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year.

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

SFSU Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Design
Master’s Degree in Design

SFSU Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied 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.

Design Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

61% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its design 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 design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	45
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	35
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

SFSU Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

29% Women

14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of design master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in design each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 41% more men than average.

Of the students who received a design master's degree from SFSU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Francisco State University with a master's in design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Visual Communications	80
Interior Design	61
Industrial Design	52
Other Design & Applied Arts	9

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design 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
Graphic Designers	29,320	$61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators	10,760	$87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Interior Designers	8,460	$68,440
Art Directors	7,620	$127,630

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
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