Environmental Science at San Jose State University

If you plan to study environmental 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 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 Environmental Science section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Environmental Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

San Jose State Environmental Science Rankings

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

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

San Jose State Environmental Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of bioenvironmental sciences master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Of the students who received a bioenvironmental sciences master's degree from San Jose State, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the bioenvironmental sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840

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

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