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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in social sciences from San Jose State.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks social sciences programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose State performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24

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

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in social sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• Urban Studies
• Criminology
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.