The large concentration of high-technology engineering, computer, and
microprocessor companies around San Jose has led the area to be known as
Silicon Valley. As the largest city in the valley, San Jose has billed itself
"the capital of Silicon Valley." Area schools such as the University
of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, San Jose State
University, San Francisco State University, California State University, East
Bay, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University pump thousands of
engineering and computer science graduates into the local economy every year.
High economic growth