Social Work at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

San Jose State Social Work Rankings

The social work major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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.

Social Work Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

San Jose State Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of social work master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 32% 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 social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	96
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Social Work

The following social work 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
Social Work	211

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500
Marriage and Family Therapists	21,920	$51,950
Healthcare Social Workers	18,600	$76,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	14,840	$61,640
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	13,560	$89,240

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.