General Psychology at San Jose State University

If you plan to study general psychology, 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. Of the 7,192 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2021, 482 of them were general psychology majors.

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

San Jose State General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

San Jose State General Psychology Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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
Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	40
	107
Best Value General Psychology Schools	122

In 2021, 33 students received their master’s degree in psychology from San Jose State. This makes it the #38 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of San Jose State Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $33,851. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 18% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

Psychology Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 482 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Psychology from San Jose State in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	125
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	195
White	68
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

San Jose State General Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at San Jose State awarded 33 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 8% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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.