General Public Health at San Francisco State University

If you are interested in studying general public health, you may want to check out the program at San Francisco State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU General Public Health Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

SFSU General Public Health Rankings

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.

General Public Health Student Demographics at SFSU

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

SFSU General Public Health Master’s Program

Of the 21 general public health students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SFSU, about 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 21% men graduate in general public health each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the general public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 26% 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 general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general public health 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Community Health Workers	6,160	$49,260

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.