San Francisco State University Trade Programs

Located in San Francisco, California, San Francisco State University is a public institution. The location of SFSU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is San Francisco State University?

Contact details for SFSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone:	415-338-1111
Website:	www.sfsu.edu

Can I Afford SFSU?

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,742	$17,622
Fees	$1,782	$1,782
Books and Supplies	$1,099	$1,099
On Campus Room and Board	$17,955	$17,955
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,547	$2,547

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SFSU, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $5,109 a year. That adds up to $20,436 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SFSU is 1.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

San Francisco State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 23,424 undergraduate students at SFSU, with 18,629 being full-time and 4,795 being part-time.

There are also 3,475 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,629 full-time undergraduates at SFSU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of San Francisco State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4,693
Black or African American	1,061
Hispanic or Latino	6,975
White	2,846
International Students	1,335
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,719

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at San Francisco State University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at SFSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Japan.

Online Learning at San Francisco State University

In 2020-2021, 25,188 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SFSU has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of SFSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at San Francisco State University was 1,330.6%. This is the #63 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at SFSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.