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Communication Sciences at San Jose State University

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Communication Sciences at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 55 communication sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from San Jose State.

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

San Jose State Communication Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences

San Jose State Communication Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communication sciences programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communication sciences major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication Sciences. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
6
11
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 17
Best Value Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 22
Best Communication Sciences Schools 29
Best Value Communication Sciences Schools 48
Most Popular Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 65
Most Popular Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools 99
Most Focused Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools 99
Most Popular Communication Sciences Schools 166
Most Focused Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools 225
Most Focused Communication Sciences Schools 308

Communication Sciences Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students earned a bachelor's degree in communication sciences from San Jose State. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men. The typical communication sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communication sciences 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 communication sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 9
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in communication sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Communication Sciences

If you plan to be a communication sciences 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 Communication Sciences & Disorders 55

Careers That Communication Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in communication sciences 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
Speech-Language Pathologists 13,220 $93,510
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770
Audiologists 990 $100,960

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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