General Business Administration and Management at San Jose State University

If you plan to study general business administration and management, take a look at what San Jose State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 35,400 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,938 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2019, 1,634 of them were general business administration and management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business Administration and Management section at the bottom of this page.

San Jose State General Business Administration and Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

San Jose State General Business Administration and Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business Administration and 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
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Schools	16
Best General Business Administration and Management Graduate Certificate Schools	54
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Graduate Certificate Schools	71
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Graduate Certificate Schools	104
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Best General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	297
Best General Business Administration and Management Master’s Degree Schools	307
Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	324
Most Popular General Business Administration and Management Master’s Degree Schools	336
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Schools	376
Most Focused General Business Administration and Management Master’s Degree Schools	924

In 2019, 81 students received their master’s degree in business administration from San Jose State. This makes it the #335 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business Administration Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State General Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 1,634 students earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from San Jose State. About 45% of these graduates were women and the other 55% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	748
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	339
White	246
International Students	149
Other Races/Ethnicities	126

San Jose State General Business Administration and Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 49% of business administration master's degrees went to men and 51% went to women.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 25% 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	39
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	18
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

San Jose State also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Interior Design Management
• Supply Chain Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Administrative Services Managers	38,120	$116,820

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.