What exactly defines a safety school?

There are quite a few majors listed as having capacity to admit alternate major applicants, but none that I’d expect to be popular choices among primary major CS applicants. This is especially true for students who are looking for a field with a high early career salary, without additional degrees. A list is below:

SJSU Majors with Additional Capacity to Support Alternate Major Applicants
–Anthropology
–Art (not including digital media)
–Behavioral Science, Communicative Disorders
–Earth Science, Geology, Environmental Studies, Meteorology
–English, Journalism
–Ethnic Studies (AA Studies, Chicano Studies, Sociology in ethnic field…)
–Foreign Languages (Chinese, French, …), Linguistics
–History, Global Studies, Geography
–Hospitality, Public Relations
–Humanities, Liberal Arts
–Justice Studies
–Nutritional Science
–Packaging, Organizational Science
–Performance Arts (Music, Dance, Theater)
–Philosophy
–Recreation