Advertising at San Jose State University

Every advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the advertising program at San Jose State University stacks up to those at other schools.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 35,400. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 42 students received a bachelor's degree in advertising from San Jose State.

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

San Jose State Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

San Jose State Advertising Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks advertising 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 advertising major at San Jose State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. 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
Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Advertising Schools	28
Most Popular Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Popular Advertising Schools	34
Most Focused Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Focused Advertising Schools	71

Advertising Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 42 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Advertising from San Jose State in 2018-2019, 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical advertising bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its advertising 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 advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	5
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising 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
Advertising and Promotions Managers	2,850	$137,630

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.