← All campuses
Where this campus stands
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA · Public
Student body
Strongly liberal student body
Roughly 10.75 liberal students for every 1 conservative student.
Liberal 91%Conservative 9%
Based on FIRE's surveyed liberal-to-conservative student ratio: 5:1 or more = Strongly liberal student body; 2–5:1 = Liberal-leaning; under 2:1 either way = Mixed; 2:1 or more conservative = Conservative-leaning. Share bar counts only students who identify liberal or conservative.
Free speech rank
240 / 261
Speech climate grade
F
Self-censor monthly+
33%
Speech code rating
Yellow light
Source: FIRE 2027 College Free Speech Rankings (student survey fielded 2026 by College Pulse). These are student self-reports from a survey sample, not a measure of faculty, administration or official positions.