Kei te whare wānanga o San Jose State, i whakatūria e te California legislature i te tau 1862 hei California State Normal School, a ko te whare wānanga o California State University (CSU) te whare wānanga. Kei roto i te taone nui o San Jose mai i te 1870, e tata ana ki te 30,000 nga akonga i roto i nga kaupapa tohu bachelor me te tohu paetahi 130 rereke. He pai te ingoa o te kura, ina koa i nga waahanga o te hangarau, pakihi, toi me te hoahoa, me te nupepa, a kei roto tonu i nga whare wānanga nui o te rohe ki te hauauru o te United States. Ko San Jose State tetahi o nga kura e toru anake o te Bay Area e whakaatu ana i te kapa poikiri poikiri (FBS Division Division Division I); Ko Stanford University me U.C. Berkeley.
Te Kura Kaupapa o California State