Entities

San Francisco State University

Nickname
SF State
Acronym
SFSU
Entity Type
Founding Date
1899

San Francisco State University is a public comprehensive university consisting of six academic colleges based around the study of business, education, health, and social studies, science and engineering, liberal and creative arts, and ethnic studies. SFSU offers bachelor’s degree courses in 77 academic areas, as well as an array of master’s degree courses and two doctorial level programs.

  • SF State provides more than 700 campus and external scholarships, ranging in value from $100 to $10,000. 
  • It has more than 200 student organizations and more than 30 sororities and fraternities on campus.
  • Students put in more than 875,000 hours of community service every year.