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General Social Sciences at San Jose State University

General Social Sciences at San Jose State University

What traits are you looking for in a social sciences school? To help you decide if San Jose State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social sciences program.

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 General Social Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State General Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

San Jose State General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Social Sciences. 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 Sciences Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 63% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 29% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences 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 sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences 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
General Social Sciences 11

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
High School Teachers 112,960 $80,510
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Statisticians 5,650 $99,860
Social Scientists 4,950 $78,970
Social Sciences Professors 2,760 $147,680

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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