Drama & Theater Arts at San Francisco State University

What traits are you looking for in a theater school? To help you decide if San Francisco State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's theater 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 Drama & Theater Arts section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Drama & Theater Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Theater
• Master’s Degree in Theater

SFSU Drama & Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Drama & Theater 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.

Theater Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of theater bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical theater bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its theater 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 theater.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SFSU Drama & Theater Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of theater master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

In the theater master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 16% 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 theater.

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

Concentrations Within Drama & Theater Arts

Drama & Theater Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Theater Arts	56

Related Majors

• Dance
• Music
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Film, Video & Photographic Arts

Careers That Theater Grads May Go Into

A degree in theater 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
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Fashion Designers	6,480	$95,250

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.