2024 Best Software Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
814Master's Degrees
Software Engineering is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #81 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Software Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 814 master's degrees in software engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Software Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The computer software engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality computer software engineering program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on software engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of software engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized software engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for software engineering students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Software Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Software Engineering in the New England Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for software engineering students seeking a a master's degree.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Computer Software Engineering
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.