Liberal Arts General Studies at San Jose State University

What traits are you looking for in a liberal arts school? To help you decide if San Jose State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal arts program.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 69 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from San Jose State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

San Jose State Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at San Jose State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	535

How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from San Jose State Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $33,679. This is 4% higher than $32,253, which is the national average for all liberal arts bachelor's degree recipients.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts 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 liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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

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.