Anthropology at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying anthropology, 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 Anthropology section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology
• Master’s Degree in Anthropology

San Jose State Anthropology Rankings

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

Anthropology Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of anthropology bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% 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 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology 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 anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

San Jose State Anthropology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of anthropology master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 28% men graduate in anthropology each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the anthropology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 13% 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 anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	550	$115,610

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.