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Health Professions at San Jose State University

Health Professions at San Jose State University

If you plan to study health professions, 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 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 Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Health Professions Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
  • Master’s Degree in Health Professions

San Jose State Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #524 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions 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 health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 230
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 143
White 48
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 36

San Jose State Health Professions Master’s Program

87% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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 health professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 49
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 61
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at San Jose State University. 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
Public Health 298
Nursing 216
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 70
Communication Sciences 55
Allied Health Professions 3
Health Sciences & Services 2

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Personal Care Aides 558,350 $27,210
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors 166,870 $62,560
Software Applications Developers 148,550 $127,950
Nursing Assistants 99,440 $35,220

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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