by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., San Diego State University landed the #200 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in California, SDSU came in at #32.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, SDSU came in at #139.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California, SDSU came in at #22.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.9% of the total graduate students at SDSU are women and 36.1% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 48.9% of the graduate student population at SDSU. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 9.1% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $2,394 | $2,394 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from SDSU is $62,889. That's about 8% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from SDSU earn an average salary of $97,174 during the early years of their career. That's about 29% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of San Diego State University.
Contact details for SDSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-0001 |
| Phone: | 619-594-5200 |
| Website: | www.sdsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/SanDiegoState |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/sdsu |
About 33.5% of the graduate students at San Diego State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 11.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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