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Nursing at San Jose State University

Nursing at San Jose State University

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if San Jose State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing 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 Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

San Jose State Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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 nursing, making the school the #234 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Nursing Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 124
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 33
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

San Jose State Nursing Master’s Program

93% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 32% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Registered Nursing 207
Nursing Practice 9

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 294,510 $106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers 34,510 $125,770
Nurse Practitioners 13,420 $133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors 3,390 $101,320
Nurse Anesthetists 1,180 $212,210

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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