How good is sjsu for civil engineering?

San Jose State has a good reputation and from my experience has a good engineering school. One thing to think about is that most community colleges offer pre-engineering courses which prepare you for the four year colleges. The community college is good about trying to get their students into places like San Jose State and Cal Poly as well as others. When I went back to college, I went back to a community college and then there were a certain number of slots at UC Berkeley which were allocated for JC transfers and I and my buddies got in as Juniors. It is still possible from what I understand and I highly recommend that path if you are not sure about getting into San Jose State University.