by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
San Jose State University came in at #151 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, San Jose State received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
In addition, San Jose State took the #24 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
San Jose State was ranked #437 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
San Jose State also ranked #45 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 64.2% of the total graduate students at San Jose State are women and 35.8% are men.
About 44.3% of the graduate students who attend San Jose State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. San Jose State is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 19.2% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $2,110 | $2,110 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from San Jose State is $69,662. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 19% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of San Jose State University.
Contact details for San Jose State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0001 |
| Phone: | 408-924-1000 |
| Website: | www.sjsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/sanjosestate |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/sjsu |
Around 54.3% of San Jose State graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 30.4% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 11 |
| Nursing | 9 |
Footnotes
*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.
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