Mathematics at San Jose State University

Every mathematics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the math program at San Jose State University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

San Jose State Mathematics Rankings

The math major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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.

Math Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

San Jose State Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of math master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% women graduate in math each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 3% more women than average.

In the math master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 25% 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Mathematics

The following math 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
General Mathematics	32

Related Majors

• Statistics
• Applied Mathematics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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.