By the Numbers

Fall/Winter 2024

First founders and faculty at SFSU circa 1901

Photo courtesy of Special Collections/J. Paul Leonard Library

125
SF State’s age in 2024

First graduating class of SFSU on staircase outside of building

Photo courtesy of Special Collections/J. Paul Leonard Library

36
Students (all women) in the first graduating class (1901)
1904 graduating class of SFSU with male students

Photo courtesy of Special Collections/J. Paul Leonard Library

1904
Year the first male student was admitted
Sign that says 'The New Home of San Francisco State College' with founder next to it

Photo courtesy of Special Collections/J. Paul Leonard Library

5
# of names SF State has had
(the first: San Francisco State Normal School)
portrait of Frederic Lister Burk

Photo courtesy of Special Collections/J. Paul Leonard Library

14
# of presidents SF State has had
(the first: Frederic Lister Burk)
SFSU's first female president, Lynn Mahoney
2019
Year SF State got its first female president (Lynn Mahoney)

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