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#18 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#41 Best Value Schools
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#17 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#15 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#13 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#10 Most Innovative Schools
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#5 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#7 Top Public Schools
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#153 Business Programs
San Jose State University is ranked #24 in Regional Universities West. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
57
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
8
Graduation and retention rank
21
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
60%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
86%
Social Mobility Rank
5
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
66%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
64%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
45%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
20
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
91
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
47
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
65.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
81%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
24.1%
Classes with 50 or more students
10%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
26:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
46
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
N/A
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
88
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
67
Average alumni giving rate
1.5%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
