Engineering at San Jose State University

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what San Jose State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering

San Jose State Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	372
Black or African American	23
Hispanic or Latino	184
White	108
International Students	96
Other Races/Ethnicities	71

San Jose State Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	169
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	57
International Students	558
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at San Jose State University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at San Jose State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Engineering	892
Electrical Engineering	286
Mechanical Engineering	209
Civil Engineering	169
Industrial Engineering	105
Biomedical Engineering	89
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	71
General Engineering	54
Chemical Engineering	49
Materials Engineering	19

Related Majors

• Architecture & Related Services
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Engineering Technologies

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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

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