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Physics at San Francisco State University

If you plan to study physics, take a look at what San Francisco State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students received their master's degree in physics.

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

SFSU Physics Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Physics

SFSU Physics Rankings

Physics Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU Physics Master’s Program

31% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 13 physics students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SFSU, about 69% were men and 31% were women.

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Of the students who received a physics master's degree from SFSU, 54% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the physics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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 physics.

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

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Physicists 3,200 $115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors 1,190 $138,250

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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