San Jose, California

== Education ==

=== Higher education ===
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[[File:Tower Hall, San José State University - DSC03886.JPG|thumb|left|upright|[[San José State University]] is the [[List of oldest schools in California|oldest public university]] on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] and the founding campus of the [[California State University]].]]
[[File:USA-Santa Clara-Mission-3.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|right|[[Santa Clara University]] is ranked as one of the best universities in the [[Western United States]] by [[U.S. News & World Report]].]]
[[File:Lick Observatory Shane Telescope.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|right|The [[University of California]] operates [[Lick Observatory]], on [[Mount Hamilton (California)|Mount Hamilton]], in [[East San Jose]].]]
San Jose is home to several colleges and [[university|universities]]. The largest is [[San Jose State University|San José State University]], which was founded by the California legislature in 1862 as the California State Normal School, and is the founding campus of the [[California State University]] (CSU) system. Located in downtown San Jose since 1870, the university enrolls approximately 35,000 students in over 250 different bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Majors and Programs |url=https://catalog.sjsu.edu/content.php?catoid=12&navoid=4146 |website=San Jose State University |access-date=8 February 2023 |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112233446/https://catalog.sjsu.edu/content.php?catoid=12&navoid=4146 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The school enjoys a good academic reputation, especially in the fields of engineering, business, computer science, art and design, and journalism, and consistently ranks among the top public universities in the western region of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Jose State University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/san-jose-state-university-1155/overall-rankings |website=US News |publisher=US News and World Report |access-date=8 February 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203155324/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/san-jose-state-university-1155/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> San Jose State is one of only three Bay Area schools that fields a [[Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] college football team; [[Stanford University]] and [[U.C. Berkeley]] are the other two.

[[California University of Management and Technology]] (CALMAT) offers many degree programs, including MBA, Computer Science, Information Technology. Most classes are offered both online and in the downtown campus. Many of the students are working professionals in the Silicon Valley.

The [[University of Silicon Valley]] is located in the [[Rincon, San Jose|Golden Triangle]] of [[North San Jose]].

[[Lincoln Law School of San Jose]] and [[University of Silicon Valley Law School]] offer law degrees, catering to working professionals.

[[National University (California)|National University]] maintains a campus in San Jose.

The San Jose campus of [[Golden Gate University]] offers business bachelor and [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] degrees.

In the San Jose metropolitan area, [[Stanford University]] is in [[Stanford, California]], [[Santa Clara University]] is in [[Santa Clara, California]], and [[U.C. Santa Cruz]] is in [[Santa Cruz, California]]. Within the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], other universities include [[U.C. Berkeley]], [[U.C. San Francisco]], [[University of California, Hastings College of the Law|U.C. Hastings College of Law]], [[University of San Francisco]], and [[California State University, East Bay]].

The San Jose area's [[community college]]s, [[San Jose City College]], [[West Valley College]], [[Mission College (Santa Clara, California)|Mission College]] and [[Evergreen Valley College]], offer associate degrees, general education units to transfer to CSU and UC schools, and adult and continuing education programs. The West campus of [[Palmer College of Chiropractic]] is also located in San Jose.

WestMed College is headquartered in San Jose and offers paramedic training, emergency medical technician training, and licensed vocational nursing programs.

The [[University of California]] operates [[Lick Observatory]] atop [[Mount Hamilton (California)|Mount Hamilton]].

[[Western Seminary]] has one of its four campuses in San Jose, which opened on the campus of Calvary Church of Los Gatos in 1985. The campus relocated in 2010 to Santa Clara. Western is an evangelical, Christian graduate school that provides theological training for students who hope to serve in a variety of ministry roles including pastors, marriage and family therapists, educators, missionaries and lay leadership. The San Jose campus offers four master's degrees, and a variety of other graduate-level programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westernseminary.edu/admissions/why/campuses/sanjose |title=Western Seminary San Jose Campus |publisher=www.westernseminary.edu |access-date=November 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231549/http://www.westernseminary.edu/admissions/why/campuses/sanjose |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[National Hispanic University]] offered associate and bachelor's degrees and teaching credentials to its students, focusing on Hispanic students, until its closing in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhu.edu/ |title=National Hispanic University |publisher=National Hispanic University |access-date=May 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524230213/http://www.nhu.edu/ |archive-date=May 24, 2017 }}</ref>

=== Primary and secondary education ===
Until the opening of [[Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California)|Lincoln High School]] in 1943, San Jose students only attended [[San Jose High Academy|San Jose High School]]. San Jose has 127 elementary, 47 middle, and 44 public high schools. Public education in the city is provided by four high school districts, fourteen [[elementary education|elementary]] districts, and four [[unified school district]]s (which provide both elementary and high schools). In addition to the main [[San Jose Unified School District]] (SJUSD) and other Districts within San Jose such as the [[Alum Rock Unified School District]] and the [[East Side Union High School District]], other nearby unified school districts of nearby cities are [[Milpitas Unified School District]], [[Morgan Hill Unified School District]], and [[Santa Clara Unified School District]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

The public schools in San Jose declared bankruptcy in 1983; at that time, it was the largest US school district to declare bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite news |title=San Jose Schools Can Cut Pay, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules |date=August 30, 1983 |agency=[[United Press International]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B8}}</ref> Observers identified the reasons as a drop of 5,000 students in the preceding years, the difficulties imposed on school finances by ''[[Serrano v. Priest]]'' in 1968, the reduction of tax monies because of [[1978 California Proposition 13]], and the local teacher's union contract requiring a raise in pay.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.edweek.org/education/judge-upholds-san-jose-bankruptcy-but-schools-to-open-on-time/1983/09 |date=September 1983 |title=Judge Upholds San Jose Bankruptcy, But Schools To Open on Time |last=Hardy |first=Charles |magazine=[[Education Week]] |access-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911020806/https://www.edweek.org/education/judge-upholds-san-jose-bankruptcy-but-schools-to-open-on-time/1983/09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Private schools in San Jose, CA|Private schools in San Jose]] are primarily run by religious groups.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California|Catholic Diocese of San Jose]] has the second-largest student population in Santa Clara County, behind only SJUSD;{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} the diocese and its parishes operate several schools in the city, including five high schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsj.org/dsj/schools_results.asp?show=all |title=Schools |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California]] |access-date=June 18, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173701/http://www.dsj.org/dsj/schools_results.asp?show=all |archive-date = September 27, 2007}}</ref> Other private religious schools are [[Baptist]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianschoolsanjose.org/ |title=Liberty Baptist School- Christian School, San Jose, CA |publisher=Christianschoolsanjose.org |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423094459/https://www.libertybaptistschool.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Non-denominational Christianity|non-denominational Protestant]], and [[Wisconsin Synod|Wisconsin Synod Lutheran]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aspire. Learn. Succeed. |url=https://school.apostles-lutheran.net/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806225530/https://school.apostles-lutheran.net/ |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Secular private schools include [[Cambrian Academy]] and [[Harker School]].

=== Libraries ===
{{main|San José Public Library}}
[[File:2008-0817-SJSU-MLKlib.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library]] is the single largest library building in the [[Western United States]].]]
The [[San José Public Library]] system is unique in that the [[Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library]] combines the collections of the city's system with the San Jose State University main library. In 2003, construction of the library, which now holds more than 1.6&nbsp;million items, was the largest single library construction project west of the Mississippi, with eight floors that result in more than {{cvt|475000|sqft|m2}} of space with a capacity for 2&nbsp;million volumes.<ref>[http://www.sjlibrary.org/history-king-library SJ Library MLK History of the King Library] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929185904/http://www.sjlibrary.org/history-king-library |date=September 29, 2013 }} (Mentions joint university/city status, collection size and size of construction project.)</ref>

The city has 23 neighborhood branches including the ''Biblioteca Latinoamericana'' ('Latin American Library') which specializes in Spanish language works.<ref>[http://www.sjpl.org/locations Locations page at SJ Library site] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928075739/http://www.sjpl.org/locations |date=September 28, 2013 }} (See BL article for its references.)</ref> The [[East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library]], a [[Carnegie library]] opened in 1908, is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library and is listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. As the result of a bond measure passed in November 2000, a number of brand new or completely reconstructed branches have been completed and opened. The yet-to-be-named brand new Southeast Branch is also planned, bringing the bond library project to its completion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/sjpl/bond/index.htm |title=Bond Projects for Branch Libraries page at the SJ Library site |publisher=Sjlibrary.org |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613044713/http://sjlibrary.org/about/sjpl/bond/index.htm |archive-date=June 13, 2010 }}</ref>

The San Jose system (along with the university system) were jointly named as "Library of the Year" by ''[[Library Journal]]'' in 2004.<ref>[http://www.sanjoseca.gov/cityManager/pdf/AnnualReport03-04.pdf San Jose 2003–2004 Annual Report] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514145814/http://www.sanjoseca.gov/cityManager/pdf/AnnualReport03-04.pdf |date=May 14, 2012 }} "In 2004, San José Public Library and San José State University Library were jointly named Library of the Year by the Library Journal."</ref>