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San Francisco State University is one of the leading colleges in California with the acceptance rate of 84%. Deadlines for application are Regular - November 30 . For more information, call 415-338-2355 or send email at outreach@sfsu.edu.

31389 Enrolled 84% Acceptance Rate 16 - 23 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 31,389
    • Average HS GPA: 3.31
    • Acceptance Rate: 84%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 13% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 18% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 18% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 22% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 22% — 2.50 - 2.99
    • 2% — 2.00 - 2.49

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    470 - 570
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    460 - 560
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    16 - 23

  • Deadlines

    Regular
    November 30

Academics

  • Majors

    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    African-American/Black Studies.
    American Indian/Native American Studies.
    American/United States Studies/Civilization.
    Asian-American Studies.
    Ethnic Studies.
    Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other.
    Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
    Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies.
    Women's Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
    Biology, General.
    Botany/Plant Biology.
    Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations.
    Banking and Financial Support Services.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other.
    Finance, General.
    Hospitality Administration/Management, General.
    International Business/Trade/Commerce.
    Labor Studies.
    Management Science.
    Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other.
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
    Office Management and Supervision.
    Small Business Administration/Management.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Communication and Media Studies.
    Communication, General.
    Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer Science.
    EDUCATION.
    Early Childhood Education and Teaching.
    Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education.
    ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES AND ENGINEERING-RELATED FIELDS.
    Industrial Technology/Technician.
    ENGINEERING.
    Civil Engineering, General.
    Computer Engineering, General.
    Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.
    Mechanical Engineering.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    Creative Writing.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing.
    Rhetoric and Composition.
    FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES/HUMAN SCIENCES.
    Apparel and Textiles, General.
    Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    Chinese Language and Literature.
    Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
    Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
    Comparative Literature.
    Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
    French Language and Literature.
    German Language and Literature.
    Japanese Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Communication Sciences and Disorders, General.
    Dietetics/Dietitian.
    Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.
    Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
    Criminal Justice/Safety Studies.
    LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Applied Mathematics.
    Mathematics.
    Statistics.
    MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Science.
    Environmental Studies.
    PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES.
    Health and Physical Education/Fitness.
    Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies, Other.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Astronomy.
    Chemistry.
    Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS.
    Social Work.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Economics, General.
    Geography.
    International Relations and Affairs.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Social Sciences, General.
    Sociology.
    Urban Studies/Affairs.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art/Art Studies, General.
    Dance, General.
    Design and Visual Communications, General.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Film/Cinema/Video Studies.
    Fine/Studio Arts, General.
    Industrial and Product Design.
    Interior Design.
    Music Performance, General.
    Music, General.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's
    • Doctoral
    • Doctoral Other
    • Doctoral/Professional
    • Doctoral/Research
    • Master's
    • Post-Bachelor's certificate
    • Post-Master's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    Marion Clifton Blakey
    President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association
    Nan Orrock
    Georgia State Senator; first woman House majority whip
    Joanna Pinneo
    Photojournalist featured in National Geographic, Time, New York Times Mag.
    Candice Long
    Johnson & Johnson President of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinations
    Shin Fujiyama
    Founder of Students Helping Honduras
    Rose McCartney Likins
    former U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service
    Ken Fulk
    Owner, designer of Ken Fulk Inc.; designer of a Pottery Barn collection

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Apr 1

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $5742
    Required Fees
    $1742
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $1038
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    N/A
    Transportation for Commuters
    $1734
    On-Campus Room and Board
    N/A

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • N/A
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • Yes
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    No

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 77/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    24025
    Foreign Countries Represented
    74

  • Demographics

    • Asian 25.94%
    • African-American 6%
    • Hispanic 36.12%
    • Caucasian 15.65%
    • Male 45%
    • Female 55%
    • Аre out of state 1

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    2%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    Yes
    Quality of life rating 6/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    N/A
    Campus Environment
    Large Urban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    Yes
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    127
    Number of Honor Societies
    8
    Number of Social Sororities
    21

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division II
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (5)
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Wrestling
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (7)
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Track Field Indoor
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    LGBT Support Groups
    Minority Support Groups
    Army ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: University of San Francisco Air Force ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: University of California, Berkeley

  • Sustainability

    Students with an interest in green issues are drawn to San Francisco State University for its sustainability-related offerings inside and outside of the classroom. The school offers many environmentally focused degrees, including a BA and a BS in environmental studies and an MBA with an emphasis in sustainable business. A sustainability literacy requirement was recently implemented for all students. Sustainability-focused student groups have led initiatives for an on-campus vegetable garden, pledges against bottled water, water refill stations, and zero-waste events. Although the campus is located in an urban area, students and faculty are hardly cut off from the natural world—many use the school’s marine and estuarine research facility to study the San Francisco Bay. Because of its urban location, many students, faculty, and staff commute to campus on public transit or by bicycle—in 2011, 77 percent of students commuted by transit. SF State students put their studies to practical use with help from the school’s career services office, which offers an extensive list of environmental jobs and internships. Organic and fair trade coffee is available across campus, and all food waste from the Student Center and the Dining Centers is composted. SF State boasts a 72 percent waste-diversion rate (that is, 72 percent of on-campus waste never makes it to a landfill). The custodial services department uses a green cleaning program, and now almost half of the university’s cleaning products are Green Seal-certified. SF State is working on the projects laid out in its Climate Action Plan to reduce emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and forty percent below 1990 levels by 2030. In 2013, SF State became the first public university to commit to divest from investments in fossil fuel companies.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    22%
    Graduate in 5 years
    48%
    Graduate in 6 years
    57%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    Opportunities at School
    • Coop
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    N/A
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    N/A
    Percent High Job Meaning
    N/A
    Percent STEM
    N/A
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 0/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Monday - Friday
      • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
      • 415-338-2355
      Campus Tours
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Academic Year
      • Times: Varies
      • Average Length: 1 hour

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Available
      Times
      varies
      call 415-338-2355
      N/A
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