I heard on a different forum from 2016 that "Several people and sources informed me that it takes forever to graduate from here. There is a joke at San José State that goes, “You will spend at the very least 7% of your life here.” I wanted to know, is this true?
Just a comparison of different campus graduation rates: https://edsource.org/2019/california-state-university-graduation-rates-show-uneven-progress-some-backsliding/608158
If you can follow this program, you are likely to graduate on schedule.
http://www.sjsu.edu/californiapromise/
The California promise is a great option to guarantee you graduate on time. Even without that promise, as long as you follow the 4 year course plan setup by your major program and academic advisor, you should be able to graduate in 4 years.
Here is the Road map link for all SJSU majors: http://www.sjsu.edu/advising/roadmaps/myroadmaps-19-20/index.html