Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location San Jose, CA
Population 2,500,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 170 (98% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,056 (89%)
Days Without Precipitation 307 (95% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 24,118
Men / Women 51% / 49%
From State 97%
From Region 0%
Athletes 2.5%

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 38%
Hispanic 33%
White 12%
Mixed 5%
Black 4%
International 4%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering 950 82% / 18% 6% $105,133 99 96%
Aerospace Engineering 79 77% / 23% 1% $90,606 96 92%
Biomedical Engineering 72 49% / 51% 1% $97,262 98
Chemical Engineering 31 71% / 29% 10% $103,139 99 96%
Civil Engineering 102 83% / 17% 3% $95,259 97 94%
Computer Engineering 100 86% / 14% 8% $128,080 100 100%
Electrical Engineering 113 88% / 12% 15% $107,052 99 96%
General Engineering 6 83% / 17% 17% $96,629 98
Industrial and Systems Engineering 35 83% / 17% 11% $105,417 99
Materials Engineering 12 92% / 8% 8% $92,078 97
Mechanical Engineering 176 87% / 13% 2% $100,581 98 95%
Software Engineering 125 82% / 18% 10% $128,080 100 100%
Engineering Technologies 98 90% / 10% 5% $89,038 96
Industrial Technology 1 0% / 100% 0% $84,933 94
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Applied Sciences and Arts 1,409 42% / 58% 1% $71,605 86 95%
Meteorology and Climate Science 2 100% / 0% 0% $64,140 79
Environmental Science 36 +1 42% / 58% 0% $74,572 88 88%
Nutrition, Food Science, and Packaging 38 29% / 71% 5% $62,789 77
Communication Sciences and Disorders 33 3% / 97% 3% $72,527 86 94%
Kinesiology 241 57% / 43% 0% $62,218 76 94%
Nursing 150 27% / 73% 0% $139,505 100 98%
Public Health 162 26% / 74% 2% $68,185 83 94%
Advertising 30 40% / 60% 7% $67,946 83 96%
Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management 3 33% / 67% 0% $59,996 73 98%
Recreation 21 52% / 48% 0% $65,524 80 92%
Communication Studies 181 48% / 52% 3% $60,078 73 93%
Journalism 26 50% / 50% 0% $61,928 76 95%
Public Relations 30 +1 33% / 67% 7% $67,946 83 96%
Social Work 43 12% / 88% 0% $57,758 69 92%
Radio, Television, Film and Theatre 58 69% / 31% 0% $41,041 26 95%
Aviation 70 76% / 24% 3% $71,788 86 95%
Forensic Science and Technology 67 21% / 79% 1% $61,088 75
Justice Studies 206 42% / 58% 0% $64,217 79 96%
Packaging Science 12 58% / 42% 0% $83,852 94
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Humanities and the Arts 637 41% / 59% 3% $62,628 77 93%
Chinese $54,996 64
English 89 +1 33% / 67% 1% $51,565 56 95%
French 1 100% / 0% 0% $55,666 65
Humanities 9 33% / 67% 0% $49,918 52 90%
Japanese 5 +2 100% / 0% 0% $56,043 66
Linguistics 10 +1 40% / 60% 0% $55,775 65
Philosophy 10 +1 80% / 20% 0% $56,474 67
Spanish 7 +3 29% / 71% 0% $55,433 65
Art History 6 33% / 67% 17% $50,509 53 86%
Dance 3 0% / 100% 0% $46,693 43
Design and Applied Arts 170 +1 38% / 62% 5% $84,071 94 98%
Digital Arts 1 0% / 100% 100% $56,558 67
Fine Arts 49 +2 39% / 61% 0% $50,509 53 86%
Graphic Design 23 35% / 65% 0% $84,071 94 98%
Industrial Design 23 70% / 30% 4% $84,071 94 98%
Interior Design 12 17% / 83% 8% $84,071 94 98%
Music 7 43% / 57% 14% $48,509 48
Music Performance 35 69% / 31% 0% $48,378 47
Studio Art 159 35% / 65% 2% $50,509 53 86%
Theatre 12 +1 67% / 33% 0% $43,124 32
Visual and Performing Arts 6 67% / 33% 0% $47,608 45
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 521 63% / 37% 10% $104,159 99 95%
Computer Science 200 74% / 26% 13% $143,865 100 93%
Data Science 27 93% / 7% 19%
Applied Mathematics 50 80% / 20% 20% $104,591 99
Chemistry 35 37% / 63% 9% $65,856 81
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 3 33% / 67% 0%
Geology 7 57% / 43% 0% $64,944 80
Mathematics 32 +1 62% / 38% 12% $75,456 88
Physics 9 89% / 11% 0% $76,278 89
Statistics 6 100% / 0% 33%
Biology 144 40% / 60% 2% $70,803 85 97%
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 5 60% / 40% 0% $56,983 68
Marine Biology 3 33% / 67% 0% $57,811 69
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Sciences 1,005 33% / 67% 1% $60,800 74 93%
Economics 50 78% / 22% 0% $71,428 86
Quantitative Economics 35 74% / 26% 6% $71,566 86
African American Studies 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $54,772 63
Anthropology 37 +1 38% / 62% 0% $55,397 65
Behavioral Sciences 47 +1 28% / 72% 2% $58,560 71
Chicana and Chicano Studies 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $55,119 64
Ethnic Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $55,329 64
Geography 5 100% / 0% 0% $63,205 77
Global Studies 4 50% / 50% 0% $63,434 78
History 26 73% / 27% 0% $60,338 74 85%
Interdisciplinary Studies 42 24% / 76% 0% $56,561 67
Political Science 67 43% / 57% 0% $62,842 77 97%
Psychology 522 +2 26% / 74% 1% $58,406 70 94%
Social Sciences 9 +1 56% / 44% 0% $54,629 63
Sociology 151 +2 23% / 77% 3% $66,037 81 89%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Lucas College of Business 1,642 55% / 45% 5% $73,809 87 96%
Business Administration 1,639 55% / 45% 5% $73,768 87 96%
Organizational Behavior Studies 3 0% / 100% 0% $96,753 98 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Lurie College of Education 212 10% / 90% 2% $68,045 83 90%
Liberal Studies 48 15% / 85% 0% $49,918 52 90%
Early Childhood Education 164 9% / 91% 2% $73,351 87 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Information 68 62% / 38% 1% $94,279 97
Information Science and Data Analytics 68 62% / 38% 1% $94,279 97

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,620
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,670
Est. In-State Cost $11,151
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,032
ROI Percentile 90th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 37%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 27.6% 1,781 55% / 45% 4% $73,479 87 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 21.4% 1,379 32% / 68% 2% $58,967 71 93%
Engineering 11.3% 726 81% / 19% 6% $103,383 99 96%
Health Sciences 9.1% 586 38% / 62% 1% $84,231 94 95%
Arts 8.8% 564 44% / 56% 3% $62,748 77 93%
Professional 7.0% 454 55% / 45% 2% $70,845 85 96%
Computer Science 6.5% 420 75% / 25% 10% $130,265 100 96%
Education 2.5% 164 9% / 91% 2% $73,351 87 90%
Life & Natural Sciences 2.3% 149 41% / 59% 2% $70,339 85 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.2% 144 65% / 35% 13% $83,100 93
Agriculture & Food Science 1.2% 77 35% / 65% 3% $68,104 83 88%

Research R2

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $28.0M #83 60% $0.3M
Physical Sciences & Math $26.5M #110 49% $0.7M
Business & Economics $12.7M #50 18% $0
Engineering $8.2M #199 30% $0.5M
Health Sciences $4.9M #165 17% $0
Education $3.8M #127 3% $0 10 #332
Life & Natural Sciences $2.3M #248 85% $0
Computer Science $0.4M #293 5% $0
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 $0
Total $86.8M #163 43% $1.5M 10 #474

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 80%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 81% 75% 79%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind
Submitted Test Scores 10%
SAT Range 1010 – 1270
SAT Math Range 490 – 640
SAT RW Range 500 – 650