Human Resource Management at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,988 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2021, 5 of them were human resource management majors.

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

San Jose State Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

San Jose State Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at San Jose State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. 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
	87
	95
	240
	251
	320
	651

Earnings of San Jose State HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $59,001. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 36% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 HR students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from San Jose State, about 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 53% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR 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 HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

The following HR concentations are available at San Jose State University. 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
Organizational Behavior Studies	5

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR 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
Human Resources Specialists	64,980	$75,010
Training and Development Specialists	28,850	$73,040
Human Resources Managers	19,050	$142,870
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	10,220	$74,560
Labor Relations Specialists	7,920	$80,270

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.