Psychology at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

San Jose State Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

San Jose State Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at San Jose State awarded 33 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. San Jose State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 55% of degree recipients. That is 19% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Jose State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	33

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Education

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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.