San Jose State named one of most affordable colleges in the nation — to disbelief of critics

SAN JOSE STATE University placed in the nation’s top 10 most affordable colleges in a recent study, but the ranking is raising eyebrows among advocates wondering how that is possible.

A Credit Summit study names SJSU as the eighth most affordable college out of 25 in major U.S. college cities. Advocates said while the university may be an affordable option among local colleges, when you factor in the high cost of living in the region, that number doesn’t pencil out on a national scale. SJSU has a student population of about 36,000.