Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at San Jose State University

If you plan to study area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, 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. In 2021, 17 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors received their bachelor's degree from San Jose State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Master’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

San Jose State Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

The area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies. 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.

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies from San Jose State. This makes it the #33 most popular school for area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at San Jose State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at San Jose State University.

San Jose State Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 50% more racial-ethnic minorities in its area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

San Jose State Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors earned their master's degree from San Jose State. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

In the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 92% of degree recipients. That is 43% 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Ethnic Studies	30

Related Majors

• History
• Social Sciences
• Psychology
• Communication & Journalism
• Education

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies 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
Interpreters and Translators	9,310	$58,180
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,280	$96,200

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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