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San Jose State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Public

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master’s degree
Post-master’s certificate
Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship
Doctor’s degree – professional practice

State Abbreviation

California

ONE WASHINGTON SQSAN JOSE, CA 95192

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$14,603

84%

35751

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Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

30-Nov

Normal

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San Jose State is an above-average public university located in San Jose, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a large institution with an enrollment of 23,015 undergraduate students. The San Jose State acceptance rate is 84%. Popular majors include Business, Psychology, and Communications. Graduating 69% of students, San Jose State alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $42,200.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for SJSU is twelve percent higher than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Stanford University4.30%
California State University-East Bay76.20%
University of California-Santa Cruz51.30%
San Francisco State University67.30%
University of California-Berkeley16.30%