San Jose, CA (population: 977,893) has one public health school within its city limits. San Jose State University has a total student population of 31,280. It is the 1434th highest ranked school in the USA and the 121st highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).
Public Health students from San Jose schools who go on to become public health educators, public health officials, social workers, public health workers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 63,320 people working as health educators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $49,060. Also, Health specialties teachers make on average $103,340 per year and there are about 133,070 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area alone, there are 1,480 employed health specialties teachers earning an average salary of $68,620. Health educators in this area earn $50,660/yr and there are 220 employed.
San Jose lies in Santa Clara county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area has 888,960 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $32/hr average worker wage, and a $66,780 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in San Jose are held by health educators, and 2/1000 are held by health specialties teachers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, San Jose State University ends up costing a student $10,169/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Jose |
Santa Clara | CA | 112,889 | 4 | 29.9373 | 188 | 8.2 miles |
Milpitas | CA | 69,900 | 1 | 18.2292 | 19 | 9.3 miles |
Sunnyvale | CA | 135,564 | 4 | 17.5213 | 21 | 11.7 miles |
Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 17.9 miles |
Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 22.8 miles |
Santa Cruz | CA | 57,690 | 2 | 37.6705 | 80 | 25.1 miles |
Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 26.6 miles |
Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 29.2 miles |
Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.6 miles |
San Mateo | CA | 93,990 | 1 | 15.1982 | 101 | 31.0 miles |
San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 32.8 miles |
Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 38.3 miles |
Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 39.5 miles |
South San Francisco | CA | 64,345 | 0 | - | 0 | 40.0 miles |
Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 42.8 miles |
Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 45.7 miles |
San Francisco | CA | 817,411 | 21 | 17.5697 | 455 | 46.3 miles |
Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 47.1 miles |
Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 47.8 miles |
Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 49.9 miles |
Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 50.5 miles |
Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 53.1 miles |
Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 53.4 miles |
Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 55.0 miles |
Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 60.4 miles |
Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 66.5 miles |
Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 73.4 miles |
Merced | CA | 78,579 | 3 | 29.789 | 150 | 75.4 miles |
Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 81.0 miles |
West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 88.7 miles |