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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,251 people earned their degree in software engineering, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 593 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 203 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree in software engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in software engineering.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 11 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Software Engineering in the Southwest Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 20 masters’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read full report on Software Engineering at University of Houston - Clear Lake

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s computer software engineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Software Engineering at University of Advancing Technology

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer software engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Software Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso

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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #4 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer software engineering degrees to 105 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Software Engineering Report

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St. Mary's University
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Mary’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 3 masters’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.

Read full report on Software Engineering at St. Mary’s University

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The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 masters’s computer software engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Software Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas

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Southern Methodist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 9 masters’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full SMU Software Engineering Report

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 8 masters’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UT Arlington Software Engineering Report

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s computer software engineering students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read full report on Software Engineering at Texas Tech University

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Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

With a ranking of #10, Texas State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s computer software engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Software Engineering at Texas State

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Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

Grand Canyon University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s computer software engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Software Engineering at Grand Canyon University

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