2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at San Francisco State is $7,424 for California residents and $19,304 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has decreased by 0.99% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at San Francisco State.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at San Francisco State University Cost of Attendance page.
San Francisco State University 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$7,266$19,146$8,700$18,204
2021$7,006$18,886$8,440$17,944
2022$7,304$19,184$8,738$18,242
2023$7,524$19,404$8,958$18,462
2024$7,424$19,304$8,858$18,362

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2024 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at San Francisco State University is $0 for California residents and $394 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has decreased by 0.99% from last year.
The 2024 graduate tuition per credit hour is $0 for California residents and $394 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has decreased by 0.99% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2024 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at San Francisco State University.
San Francisco State University 2024 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2020$0$396$0$396
2021$0$396$0$396
2022$0$396$0$396
2023$0$396$0$396
2024$0$394$0$394

Online Student Population

There are 25,282 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at San Francisco State. Of that, 3,034 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 14,727 students have joined to some online courses and 7,521 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at San Francisco State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total25,28221,9613,321
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes3,0342,526508
Enrolled Some in Online Classes14,72713,3121,415
Not Enrolled in Online Classes7,5216,1231,398
Online Student Population by Student Location at San Francisco State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)3,0342,526508
California Residents2,9052,432473
Other State in U.S.321814
Outside of U.S.977621
Unknown000