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Design & Applied Arts at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying design and applied 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 193 students received a bachelor's degree in design from SFSU.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks design programs across the country. The following shows how SFSU performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 162

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in design from SFSU. This makes it the #51 most popular school for design master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Design Graduates from SFSU Make?

The median salary of design students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFSU is $37,384. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $32,733 for all design bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

60% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 193 design majors earned their bachelor's degree from SFSU. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 60
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 43
White 48
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

SFSU Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 design majors earned their master's degree from SFSU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 32% men graduate in design each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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