University of Silicon Valley
The University of Silicon Valley was Founded as a high-school on March 19th 1887 in the name of Henry D. Cogswell in San Francisco. It was inaugurated in the summer of 1888 and offered technical classes for boys as well as female business courses for students. In June of 1930, it was transformed into an technical college. University of Silicon Valley is an institution owned by the university that was established in 1887. It has an undergraduate student population at 379 (fall 2022) and its campus is of 3 acres. The University of Silicon Valley’s rank on the edition 2025 of Best Colleges is Regional Colleges West #13. The tuition and fees for the university are $27,850.
Modern History Of University of Silicon Valley
The college was purchased from Palm Ventures, a private equity firm. The next year, Charles “Chuck” House, executive director of the Media X program at Stanford University was named the chancellor. Deborah Snyder was appointed president of the college in 2014. The CFO is currently Charles Restivo. In the wake of the purchase the college was unable to obtain its property tax exemption as a non-profit organization.
On April 20, 2021 the school officially adopted the name “University of Silicon Valley” in reference to the local growth in high-tech that is Silicon Valley.
Academics
The University of Silicon Valley offers the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), and Master of Arts (M.A.) degrees and specializes in digital animation, video game design and audio & music production.
Its computer graphics degree program is the longest-running in the Bay Area. It includes Project X, an invitation-only animated film production course that approximates the experience of interning in the industry, and MediaWorks, an audio-visual concepting and production course, which has been running continuously since 2013. MediaWorks facilitates student learning via national and international collaborations between students and professional organizations in a fast-paced, competitive production setting, imitating the environment and work ethic of the media production industries.
In November 2007, USV announced the addition of a minor in business management. In January 2011 Cogswell started its entrepreneurship program; it expanded this in 2012 into the first Master’s program in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Campus
It is the University of Silicon Valley is located in San Jose, California, located in Silicon Valley. The campus of USV is situated within the Innovation Triangle district in North San Jose close to where the corporate headquarters are located of Samsung along with Cisco. The housing for students is spread throughout North San Jose.