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San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA · Public · 18,639 students · mostly bachelor degrees
135th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,278
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$26,488
Graduation rate
50%
Admission rate
96%
Median graduate earnings
$68,077
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$15,371
Pell grant recipients
42%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
220 programsEducational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree25 grads/yr$157,979Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree44 grads/yr$152,207Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree196 grads/yr$150,102Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree58 grads/yr$131,094Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Master's Degree58 grads/yr$128,052Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$112,454Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$109,935Public Administration · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$108,093Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree307 grads/yr$105,166Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$102,104Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$96,854Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree0 grads/yr$96,298Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree41 grads/yr$95,402Social Work · Master's Degree37 grads/yr$94,452Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$94,129Legal Assistant/Paralegal · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$92,546College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$91,778Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$90,894Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$86,425Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology · Bachelor's Degree$85,037Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$82,697Accounting · Bachelor's Degree$81,587Environmental Health · Master's Degree15 grads/yr$79,053Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree$78,310Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree$77,699
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.