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. Of the 7,192 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2021, 3 of them were general engineering majors.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose State performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	15
Best Value General Engineering Schools	20
Most Focused General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	145

In 2021, 51 students received their master’s degree in engineering from San Jose State. This makes it the #20 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 3 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from San Jose State, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 44% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

San Jose State General Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 engineering majors earned their master's degree from San Jose State. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 26% 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	24
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

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.