San Jose State University

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San Jose, CA

University Website:  www.sjsu.edu/
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San Jose State University (often abbreviated San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States. It is the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system, and holds the distinction of being the oldest public institution of higher education on the West Coast of the United States.

Located in downtown San Jose, the SJSU main campus is situated on 154 acres (62 ha), or roughly 19 square blocks. SJSU offers 134 bachelor's and master's degrees with 110 concentrations. The university offers three joint doctoral programs and will start its first independent doctoral degree in Education in 2013. SJSU's total enrollment was 30,448 in 2012, including over 4,700 graduate students, the largest graduate student enrollment of any campus in the CSU system.

SJSU's student population is one of the most ethnically diverse in the nation, with large Asian and Hispanic enrollments, as well as the highest foreign student enrollment of all master's institutions in the United States.

Popular undergraduate majors at SJSU include business, engineering, visual and performing arts, nursing, psychology, justice studies, biology, kinesiology, journalism and computer science. Popular fields of study among graduate students include engineering, library and information science, education and social work.

San Jose State University claims to provide Silicon Valley firms with more engineering, computer science and business graduates than any other college or university, and philanthropic support of SJSU is among the highest in the CSU system.

SJSU sports teams are known as the Spartans, and compete in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in NCAA Division I.

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San Jose State University College Scholarships

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#CaliforniansForAll College Corps Program

State of California

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

#CaliforniansForAll College Corps Program

State of California

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Bill King Scholarship

Oakland Athletics Community Fund

$5,000 July 05, 2024 See Details
 

Bill King Scholarship

Oakland Athletics Community Fund

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$5,000

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July 05, 2024
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HACU / LanguageCert International Student Scholarship

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

$5,000 March 31, 2024 See Details
 

HACU / LanguageCert International Student Scholarship

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)

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$5,000

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March 31, 2024
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SJSU Alumni Association Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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SJSU Alumni Association Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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Diridon Family Business Leadership Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Business

$1,000 May 01, 2024 See Details
 

Diridon Family Business Leadership Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Business

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$1,000

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May 01, 2024
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Inez and Donald Burdick Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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Inez and Donald Burdick Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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Gerald Wheeler Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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Gerald Wheeler Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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College Alumni Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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College Alumni Scholarship

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Charles Burdick Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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Charles Burdick Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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Dudley Moorhead Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

$500 Varies See Details
 

Dudley Moorhead Scholarship

San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences

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