San Jose, CA (population: 977,893) has five education schools within its city limits. San Jose State University, the highest ranked school in the city with an education program, has a total student population of 31,280. It is the 1434th highest ranked school in the USA and the 121st highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles). To learn more about education programs in San Jose, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of education professors at San Jose State University such as Scott Benson, Borsato, Shubba Dathatri, Lynette Dowling, Sharon Eilts, and Karen Epstein.
Education students from San Jose schools who go on to become teachers, educators, adult educators, professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Kindergarten teachers make on average $50,380 per year and there are about 181,810 of them employed in the US today.
San Jose lies in Santa Clara county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area has 888,960 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $32/hr average worker wage, and a $66,780 average annual salary.
Of the 5 education schools in San Jose, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Western Career College-San Jose comes out as the most expensive ($25,443/yr) for education students, with San Jose State University as the lowest, reported at only $10,169/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from San Jose |
| Santa Clara | CA | 112,889 | 4 | 29.9373 | 188 | 8.2 miles |
| Milpitas | CA | 69,900 | 1 | 18.2292 | 19 | 9.3 miles |
| Sunnyvale | CA | 135,564 | 4 | 17.5213 | 21 | 11.7 miles |
| Fremont | CA | 207,431 | 5 | 26.457 | 262 | 17.9 miles |
| Union City | CA | 76,462 | 1 | 13.7752 | 0 | 22.8 miles |
| Santa Cruz | CA | 57,690 | 2 | 37.6705 | 80 | 25.1 miles |
| Hayward | CA | 145,517 | 6 | 17.5402 | 239 | 26.6 miles |
| Dublin | CA | 46,208 | 3 | 13.8145 | 117 | 29.2 miles |
| Castro Valley | CA | 65,952 | 0 | - | 0 | 30.6 miles |
| San Mateo | CA | 93,990 | 1 | 15.1982 | 101 | 31.0 miles |
| San Leandro | CA | 78,904 | 1 | 29.9223 | 11 | 32.8 miles |
| Oakland | CA | 412,612 | 12 | 26.3295 | 321 | 38.3 miles |
| Alameda | CA | 71,628 | 3 | 11.6549 | 62 | 39.5 miles |
| South San Francisco | CA | 64,345 | 0 | - | 0 | 40.0 miles |
| Walnut Creek | CA | 64,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 42.8 miles |
| Berkeley | CA | 102,237 | 13 | 2.98519 | 59 | 45.7 miles |
| San Francisco | CA | 817,411 | 21 | 17.5697 | 455 | 46.3 miles |
| Concord | CA | 122,338 | 7 | 21.1076 | 136 | 47.1 miles |
| Antioch | CA | 102,439 | 2 | 25.0238 | 14 | 47.8 miles |
| Pittsburg | CA | 67,613 | 2 | 20.7913 | 157 | 49.9 miles |
| Salida | CA | - | 2 | 26.0837 | 19 | 50.5 miles |
| Ceres | CA | 43,443 | 0 | - | 0 | 53.1 miles |
| Modesto | CA | 203,882 | 4 | 24.9737 | 137 | 53.4 miles |
| Stockton | CA | 291,422 | 7 | 28.794 | 278 | 55.0 miles |
| Vallejo | CA | 114,029 | 1 | 31.5233 | 11 | 60.4 miles |
| Fairfield | CA | 104,184 | 9 | 23.8893 | 386 | 66.5 miles |
| Napa | CA | 75,759 | 1 | 15.1485 | 56 | 73.4 miles |
| Merced | CA | 78,579 | 3 | 29.789 | 150 | 75.4 miles |
| Laguna | CA | 60,976 | 0 | - | 0 | 81.0 miles |
| West Sacramento | CA | 50,542 | 1 | 29.8049 | 4 | 88.7 miles |