General Communication Sciences & Disorders at San Francisco State University

What traits are you looking for in a communication science school? To help you decide if San Francisco State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's communication science program.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 27,349. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 students received a bachelor's degree in communication science from SFSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Communication Sciences & Disorders section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU General Communication Sciences & Disorders Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Science
• Master’s Degree in Communication Science

SFSU General Communication Sciences & Disorders Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communication science progam at SFSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication science major at SFSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Communication Sciences & Disorders. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	7
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	14
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	25
Best Value Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
Best Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	35
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Schools	73
Most Focused Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77

In 2021, 41 students received their master’s degree in communication science from SFSU. This makes it the #9 most popular school for communication science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Communication Science Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU General Communication Sciences & Disorders Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Communication Sciences & Disorders from SFSU in 2020-2021, 7% were men and 93% were women. The typical communication science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at SFSU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication science 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 communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SFSU General Communication Sciences & Disorders Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 communication science majors earned their master's degree from SFSU. Of these graduates, 5% were men and 95% were women.

In the communication science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 21% 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 communication science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SFSU also has a doctoral program available in communication science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Communication Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication science 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
Speech-Language Pathologists	13,220	$93,510
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Audiologists	990	$100,960

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.