Fine Arts at San Jose State University

If you plan to study fine arts, take a look at what San Jose State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fine Arts section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Fine Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts
• Master’s Degree in Fine Arts

San Jose State Fine Arts Rankings

The fine arts major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fine Arts. 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.

Fine Arts Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Fine Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of fine arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical fine arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its fine arts 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 fine arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	67
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	21
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

San Jose State Fine Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of fine arts master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in fine arts each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a fine arts master's degree from San Jose State, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose State University with a master's in fine arts.

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

Related Majors

• Art History
• Art Studies

Careers That Fine Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in fine arts 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Fine Artists	2,070	$76,230
Artists	540	$70,260

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.