Distinctions
- The university is currently ranked as the 45th best master's-granting university in the Western United States by U.S. News & World Report.
- U.S. News & World Report ranks San Francisco State University 1st in reputation among its "Western University peers" in 2000.
- Among Western Universities, of which there are 112, San Francisco State was ranked 10th in terms of campus diversity by U.S. News and World Report.
- U.S. News & World Report ranks San Francisco State as 8th nationally in the number of transfer students.
- San Francisco State University's physical therapy master's program is consistently ranked among the top 20 in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
- San Francisco State University ranks 1st nationwide in the number of biological sciences undergrads who go on to earn biology PhDs according to the most recent National Science Foundation report.
- The Philosophical Gourmet Report lists San Francisco State University as one of the top universities to earn a terminal MA in philosophy.
- San Francisco State University is among the top 201 colleges and universities that offer "real world," job-focused services and skill development, according to Great Colleges for the Real World by (Michael P. Viollt, Octameron Associates, 2002).
- San Francisco State University is listed as having "one of the nation's top film schools" by Entertainment Weekly.
- Each year San Francisco State University's College of Business awards more business degrees than Stanford, UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco—combined.
- San Francisco State University sends more master's graduates into PhD programs than any other masters'-granting university in the country.
- San Francisco State University is the only university in California to offer a bachelor's degree in technical and professional writing.
- The Academy of Management, the leading professional association for management scholars in the world, honored San Francisco State University's College of Business' Ohrenschall Center for Entrepreneurship with the McGraw-Hill/Irwin Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award (2002).
- San Francisco State University's College of Extended Learning offers the only American Bar Association-approved paralegal studies program in San Francisco.
- San Francisco State University was one of the first California State University campuses to offer a doctorate of education.
- San Francisco State University is the first and only university in the United States to house a College of Ethnic Studies.
- San Francisco State University was instrumental in the establishment of the International University Of Kyrgyzstan (1993).
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