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Criminology at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State Criminology Rankings

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

86% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of criminology master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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In the criminology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 28% 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.

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

Concentrations Within Criminology

If you plan to be a criminology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Criminology 12

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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