Behavioral Science at San Jose State University

Every behavioral science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the behavioral science 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 Behavioral Science section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Behavioral Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Behavioral Science

San Jose State Behavioral Science Rankings

The behavioral science major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Behavioral Science. 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.

Behavioral Science Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Behavioral Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of behavioral science bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical behavioral science 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 22% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its behavioral science 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 behavioral science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Behavioral Science

If you plan to be a behavioral science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Behavioral Sciences	52

Related Majors

• Marine Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• International Studies
• Human Computer Interaction
• Nutrition Science

Careers That Behavioral Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in behavioral 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
Community and Social Service Specialists	13,290	$49,830
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Life Scientists	1,610	$108,880

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.