Criminology at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying criminology, 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 Criminology section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Criminology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Criminology

Online Classes Are Available at San Jose State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? San Jose State offers distance education options for criminology at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

San Jose State Criminology Rankings

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.

Criminology Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Criminology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 criminology majors earned their master's degree from San Jose State. Of these graduates, 42% were men and 58% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in criminology each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 criminology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• General Social Sciences
• Urban Studies
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Criminology Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminology 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
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560

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.