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2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
324 Degrees Awarded
$18,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

Software Engineering is the 195th most popular major in the country with 3,874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 546 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 324 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in software engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent software engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the software engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer software engineering students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Software Engineering in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a large public school situated in Scottsdale, Arizona. It awarded 90 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree computer software engineering students.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 2 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 51 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering students.

Full UT Arlington Software Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. UT Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 124 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Software Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 12 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also made our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $35,396 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Prescott.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#7

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, Texas
#6 in overall quality

St. Mary’s University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Computer Software Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Mary’s, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St. Mary’s University is $19,276 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Computer Software Engineering students.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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