General Engineering at San Jose State University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if San Jose State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

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 General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State General Engineering Degrees Available

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

San Jose State General Engineering Rankings

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

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

San Jose State General Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 65% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 35% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 23% better 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 master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within General Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Jose State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering	54

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.