Library & Information Science at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 631 students received their master's degree in library science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Library & Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State Library & Information Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Library Science

Online Classes Are Available at San Jose State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? San Jose State offers distance education options for library science at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

San Jose State Library & Information Science Rankings

Library Science Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Library & Information Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of library science master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in library science each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a library science master's degree from San Jose State, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the library science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 12% better 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 master's in library science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	49
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	359
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	90

Related Majors

Careers That Library Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in library science 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Librarians	8,560	$81,580
Archivists	380	$72,240
Library Science Professors	240	$99,110

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.