English at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying english, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 English section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State English Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language
• Master’s Degree in English Language

San Jose State English Rankings

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

English Language Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State English Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical english language bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english language 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

San Jose State English Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of english language master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in english language each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

In the english language master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 22% 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 english language.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110

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.