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San Jose State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location San Jose, CA
Population 2,500,000
Website http://www.sjsu.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 26,757
Men / Women 52% / 48%
Asian 34%
Hispanic 31%
White 15%
Mixed 5%
Black 4%
International 4%
Native American 0%
From State 97%
From Region 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 28%
Humanities & Social Sciences 25%
Engineering 10%
Health Sciences 10%
Arts 8%
Computer Science 6%
Life & Natural Sciences 5%
Education 3%
Professional 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,410
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,010
Est. In-State Cost $10,879
Est. Out-of-State Cost $27,179
10-Year ROI $282,000
ROI Percentile 97th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 37%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Weather

Comfortable Days 170 (98% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,056 (89%)
Days Without Precipitation 307 (95% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 50%
Yield (Unbound) 14%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $22M #70
Life & Natural Sciences $32M #169
Engineering, Computing & Math $10M #200
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Life & Natural Sciences 16 #440
Humanities & Social Sciences 10 #472

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy blind

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering 887 81% / 19% 10% $117,790 97%
Aerospace Engineering 55 — 85% / 15% 4% $101,217 98 92%
Biomedical Engineering 60 — 62% / 38% 7% $108,749 99 —
Chemical Engineering 15 — 60% / 40% 7% $115,218 99 96%
Civil Engineering 96 — 67% / 33% 5% $106,415 99 94%
Computer Engineering 83 — 81% / 19% 4% $143,080 100 100%
Electrical Engineering 101 — 88% / 12% 19% $119,589 99 96%
General Engineering 7 — 71% / 29% 14% $109,013 99 —
Industrial and Systems Engineering 38 — 76% / 24% 5% $114,927 99 —
Materials Engineering 9 — 78% / 22% 22% $103,696 99 —
Mechanical Engineering 168 — 92% / 8% 6% $112,360 99 95%
Software Engineering 156 — 79% / 21% 19% $143,080 100 100%
Engineering Technologies 97 — 85% / 15% 8% $93,315 97 —
Industrial Technology 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $88,975 96 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Applied Sciences and Arts 1,472 40% / 60% 1% $80,190 94%
Meteorology and Climate Science 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $67,657 83 —
Environmental Science 53 — 40% / 60% 0% $83,305 94 88%
Nutrition, Food Science, and Packaging 54 — 26% / 74% 4% $71,358 87 —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 45 — 7% / 93% 0% $81,021 93 94%
Kinesiology 261 — 55% / 45% 0% $69,505 85 94%
Nursing 157 — 26% / 74% 0% $155,843 100 98%
Public Health 170 +1 12% / 88% 1% $76,170 90 94%
Advertising 40 — 35% / 65% 0% $75,904 90 95%
Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management 19 — 32% / 68% 26% $67,022 83 98%
Recreation 21 — 29% / 71% 0% $73,198 88 92%
Communication Studies 177 — 57% / 43% 3% $67,114 83 93%
Forensic Science and Technology 36 — 22% / 78% 0% $68,374 84 —
Journalism 29 — 45% / 55% 0% $69,181 85 95%
Justice Studies 214 +3 46% / 54% 0% $71,738 87 96%
Public Relations 24 — 17% / 83% 4% $75,904 90 96%
Social Work 52 — 15% / 85% 0% $64,522 80 92%
Radio, Television, Film and Theatre 52 +1 73% / 27% 0% $45,848 43 95%
Aviation 54 — 85% / 15% 6% $80,195 92 95%
Packaging Science 9 — 56% / 44% 11% $88,164 96 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Humanities and the Arts 600 38% / 62% 4% $69,144 93%
Chinese 1 — 100% / 0% 100% $60,478 75 —
English 68 — 38% / 62% 1% $57,604 70 95%
French 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $60,821 75 —
Humanities 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,764 67 90%
Japanese 9 +2 44% / 56% 11% $61,298 76 —
Linguistics 10 — 40% / 60% 0% $60,917 76 —
Philosophy 23 +2 65% / 35% 9% $61,078 76 —
Spanish 8 +3 50% / 50% 0% $60,741 75 —
Art History 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $56,424 68 86%
Dance 6 +1 17% / 83% 0% $46,147 43 —
Design and Applied Arts 161 +1 34% / 66% 4% $93,917 97 98%
Digital Arts 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $67,069 83 —
Fine Arts 41 +1 34% / 66% 2% $56,424 68 86%
Graphic Design 15 — 27% / 73% 7% $93,917 97 98%
Industrial Design 12 — 67% / 33% 8% $93,917 97 98%
Interior Design 22 — 9% / 91% 5% $93,917 97 98%
Music 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $50,475 55 —
Music Performance 27 — 56% / 44% 4% $50,791 56 —
Studio Art 153 +2 33% / 67% 5% $56,424 68 86%
Theatre 20 — 45% / 55% 0% $42,884 34 —
Visual and Performing Arts 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $46,612 45 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 508 54% / 46% 9% $109,859 95%
Computer Science 182 — 76% / 24% 13% $160,714 100 93%
Applied Mathematics 37 — 68% / 32% 14% $108,018 99 —
Chemistry 42 — 36% / 64% 0% $73,076 88 —
Geology 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $68,234 84 —
Mathematics 40 — 70% / 30% 12% $81,007 93 —
Physics 16 — 81% / 19% 19% $84,224 94 —
Biology 178 — 27% / 73% 4% $79,095 92 97%
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $62,337 78 —
Marine Biology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $60,324 75 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Sciences 973 36% / 64% 2% $68,998 93%
Economics 35 +2 77% / 23% 14% $87,145 95 —
Quantitative Economics 49 — 65% / 35% 14% $87,268 96 —
African American Studies 5 +1 80% / 20% 0% $60,314 75 —
Anthropology 21 +1 33% / 67% 0% $60,523 75 —
Behavioral Sciences 38 — 26% / 74% 3% $64,131 80 —
Chicana and Chicano Studies 8 +2 50% / 50% 0% $60,422 75 —
Ethnic Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,625 75 —
Geography 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $68,109 84 —
Global Studies 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $68,760 84 —
History 49 +2 76% / 24% 0% $67,404 83 85%
Interdisciplinary Studies 42 — 21% / 79% 2% $62,228 77 —
Political Science 74 +2 46% / 54% 1% $70,202 86 97%
Psychology 432 +6 29% / 71% 1% $65,246 81 94%
Social Sciences 8 +3 62% / 38% 0% $60,128 74 —
Sociology 194 — 23% / 77% 1% $73,771 88 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Lucas College of Business 1,595 56% / 44% 6% $82,423 96%
Business Administration 1,594 — 56% / 44% 6% $82,407 93 96%
Organizational Behavior Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $108,084 99 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Lurie College of Education 206 10% / 90% 0% $75,969 90%
Liberal Studies 47 — 21% / 79% 0% $55,764 67 90%
Early Childhood Education 159 — 7% / 93% 1% $81,942 93 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Information 52 67% / 33% 0% $101,737
Information Science and Data Analytics 52 — 67% / 33% 0% $101,737 98 —

Rankings

My Tribe

Tiger Mom Heaven Most Asian-Americans
Majority-Minority

Engineering

I Have Always Loved Legos General Engineering
Actually Employable and Won't Spend 10 Years Paying Off Debt
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Rust Belt Royalty & Co-op Cults