San Jose, CA (population: 977,893) has four technology and internet schools within its city limits. San Jose State University, the highest ranked school in the city with a technology and internet 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 technology and internet programs in San Jose, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of technology and internet professors at San Jose State University such as Seth Bates, Julio Garcia, Mohan Kim, Jim LeFever, Samuel Obi, and James Yu.
Technology and Internet students from San Jose schools who go on to become webmasters, web designers, web developers, SEOs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. Also, Computer software engineers, systems software make on average $96,620 per year and there are about 385,200 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 4 technology and internet schools in San Jose, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The National Hispanic University comes out as the most expensive ($11,509/yr) for technology and internet students, with Evergreen Valley College as the lowest, reported at only $9,070/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 |