undergraduate transfer students who enrolled at SJSU in fall 2017, 33.0% graduated within two years, 69% graduated within three years, and 80.0% graduated within four years. Among first-time graduate students who enrolled at SJSU in fall 2017, 52.0% graduated within two years, 78% graduated within three years, and 83.0% graduated within four years.
The percentage of undergraduate students from the fall 2019 cohort returning in fall 2020 was 86.0% for full-time freshman students, 90.0% for new undergraduate transfer students, and 92.0% for first-time graduate students.
== Faculty and research ==
The university is classified among "R2: High Research Spending and Doctorate Production". As of fall 2024, San José State University employed 2,177 faculty, 1,300 of whom (or about 60%) were full-time or equivalent (FTEF).
According to National Science Foundation survey data, in 2023 San Jose State's research and development expenditures totaled $83.4 million, placing it second in total R&D expenditures out of all 23 …
