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Theater Arts at San Francisco State University

Theater Arts at San Francisco State University

Every theater arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the theater program at San Francisco State University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Theater Arts section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Theater Arts Degrees Available

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

SFSU Theater Arts Rankings

The theater major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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 Theater Arts Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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 34% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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.

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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 Theater Arts Master’s Program

75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of theater master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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In the theater master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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.

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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

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

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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