Nursing at San Francisco State University

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

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

SFSU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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.

Nursing Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	91
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

SFSU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 19% 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at San Francisco State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Francisco State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	185
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	7

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

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.