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Library & Information Science at San Jose State University

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Library & Information Science at San Jose State University

If you plan to study library and information science, 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Library & Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Library & Information Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Library Science

Online Classes Are Available at San Jose State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? San Jose State offers distance education options for library science at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

San Jose State Library & Information Science Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Library Science Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Library & Information Science Master’s Program

82% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The library science program at San Jose State awarded 631 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 18% of these degrees went to men with the other 82% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in library science each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a library science master's degree from San Jose State, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the library science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 library science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 49
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 114
White 359
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 90

Careers That Library Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in library science 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
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Librarians 8,560 $81,580
Archivists 380 $72,240
Library Science Professors 240 $99,110

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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