unitid 122597 · San Francisco, CA · public 4-year · city (large)
San Francisco State University
- enrollment 2023
- 28,755
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
96%
89th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
18,639
86th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
42%
undergrads on Pell grants
78th pctl among public 4-years
completion
50%
finish within 150% time
59th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,488
72nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,278
after aid, aided students
46th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$68,077
after entry, Title IV students
88th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$15,371
31st pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,341 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k39%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k10%
- 110k+13%
- Median family income
- $27,896
- First-generation students
- 48%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,950
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 1,023 | $79,995 | $15,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 479 | $60,290 | $15,000 |
| Biology, General. | 369 | $67,380 | $15,000 |
| Computer Science. | 307 | $112,049 | $16,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 241 | $58,169 | $12,692 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 229 | $69,437 | $15,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 204 | $64,458 | $13,518 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 196 | $144,430 | $16,875 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 195 | $48,379 | $17,850 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 178 | $71,008 | $18,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 173 | $62,316 | $17,500 |
| Sociology. | 157 | $61,399 | $15,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.