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Software Engineering at San Jose State University

Software Engineering at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year.

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

San Jose State Software Engineering Degrees Available

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

San Jose State Software Engineering Rankings

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

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Software Engineering Bachelor’s Program

26% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer software engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer software 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 computer software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 91
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 17
International Students 35
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

San Jose State Software Engineering Master’s Program

33% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

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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 software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 50
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 335
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers 31,580 $175,010
Engineering Professors 2,400 $129,790

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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