Computer Science at San Jose State University

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science 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.

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

San Jose State Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

San Jose State Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	141
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	26
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

San Jose State Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	65
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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.