The main focus area for this major is General History. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
History is a major offered under the history program of study at San Jose State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in history, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
Fees | $2,110 | $2,110 |
The median early career salary of history students who receive their master’s degree from San Jose State is $58,673 per year. That is 44% higher than the national average of $40,606.
San Jose State does not offer an online option for its history master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the San Jose State Online Learning page.
About 26.7% of the students who received their MA in history in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 46.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 66.7% of the history master’s degrees at San Jose State in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 18%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
History students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General History | 15 |
*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.