Journalism at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from San Jose State.

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

San Jose State Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

San Jose State Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism 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 journalism major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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
Most Popular Journalism Schools	70

Journalism Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from San Jose State, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism 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 journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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.