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.
College Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
San Jose State University landed the #50 spot in College Factual’s 2027 Best Master’s Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1,618 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year’s ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 5% of the country for overall quality. San Jose State received this year’s Best Master’s Schools badge for its high ranking. San Jose State also ranked #9 for Best Master’s Degree Schools in California.
Of the 892 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2027 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, San Jose State came in at #103. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. This makes San Jose State a recipient of this year’s Best Doctorate Schools badge. In addition, San Jose State took the #19 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
### Best Graduate Certificate Schools RankingIn College Factual’s 2027 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States ranking, San Jose State took the #32 spot out of 737 schools. San Jose State also ranked #7 for Best Graduate Certificate Schools in California.
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 | 19 | — |
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 | 11 | — |
| Management Sciences & Methods | 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 | 5 | — |
| Nursing | 16 | — |
The programs below are those in which the school awarded a post-masters certificate.
| Post-Masters Certificate Program | Annual Graduates | Avg Early-Career Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 1 | — |
| Business Administration & Management | 18 | — |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 1 | — |
| Industrial Engineering | 3 | — |
| Library & Information Science | 34 | — |
| Management Sciences & Methods | 12 | — |
| Other Interdisciplinary Studies | 5 | — |
| Social Work | 45 | — |
| Urban Studies | 10 | — |
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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