by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on San Jose State University Graduate School, including its rankings, graduate degree programs, diversity, and more. Click on any of the following links to jump to that section on this page.
Our 2026 overall quality rankings do not include San Jose State University.This is usually a sign that we did not have enough data to compare the school to others on our list.
Around 9,653 graduate students chose to attend San Jose State University during the most recent year for which we have data.In order to come up with a feel for how diverse the school is, College Factual analyzed the demographics of these students.Our findings are below.
The total graduate student population at San Jose State is made up of 62.3% women and 37.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 50.9% of the graduate students who attend San Jose State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*.The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 17.3% of graduate students hail from another country.The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
Data on the average tuition and fees for full-time graduate students at the school is not available.
Master’s degree recipients from San Jose State earn an average early-career salary of $86,309.
Yearly salaries vary depending on the field of study, but the table below shows the highest-earning graduate fields of study at San Jose State based on the early-career earnings of recent graduates.
| Graduate Field of Study | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | $151,760 |
| Computer Engineering | $124,052 |
| Electrical Engineering | $116,237 |
| Civil Engineering | $114,115 |
| Educational Administration | $111,358 |
| Social Work | $102,199 |
| Communication Sciences | $99,007 |
| Urban & Regional Planning | $91,624 |
| Rehabilitation Professions | $89,920 |
| Student Counseling | $82,798 |
San Jose State University is a public institution located in San Jose, California.The location of San Jose State is great for students who prefer living in an urban area. Get more details about the location of San Jose State University.
Contact details for San Jose State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0186 |
| Phone: | 408-924-1000 |
| Website: | www.sjsu.edu |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/sanjosestate |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/#!/sjsu |
62.9% of the graduate students at San Jose State took at least one online course.Roughly 43.1% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
Listed here are the degree programs in which the school awarded master’s degrees.
Just like the master’s programs above, the doctorate programs shown here are only those in which doctorate degrees were awarded.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 10 | — |
Listed here are the programs in which San Jose State University awarded a graduate certificate.
| Graduate Certificate Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 9 | — |
| Business Administration & Management | 1 | — |
| General English Literature | 1 | — |
The programs below are those in which the school awarded a professional degree.
| Professional Degree Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 10 | — |
| Nursing | 6 | — |
The programs below are those in which the school awarded a post-masters certificate.
| Post-Masters Certificate Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 7 | — |
| General English Literature | 2 | — |
| Geography & Cartography | 1 | — |
| Industrial Engineering | 1 | — |
| Library & Information Science | 36 | — |
| Linguistics & Literature | 2 | — |
| Management Sciences & Methods | 12 | — |
| Other Interdisciplinary Studies | 13 | — |
| Urban Studies | 13 | — |
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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