Human Resource Management at San Jose State University

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at San Jose State University stacks up to those at other schools.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208. In 2021, 5 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from San Jose State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

San Jose State Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
	95

How Much Do HR Graduates from San Jose State Make?

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $59,001. This is 36% higher than $43,491, which is the national average for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at San Jose State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at San Jose State University.

San Jose State Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

The HR program at San Jose State awarded 5 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 80% of these degrees went to men with the other 20% going to women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 53% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for San Jose State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Human Resources Specialists	64,980	$75,010
Training and Development Specialists	28,850	$73,040
Human Resources Managers	19,050	$142,870
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	10,220	$74,560
Labor Relations Specialists	7,920	$80,270

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.