by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 44 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for software engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,888 bachelor's degrees in software engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Your choice of software engineering for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for software engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Software Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for software engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Iowa State University is a great decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in software engineering. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Iowa State University
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in software engineering has to check out University of California - Irvine. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from University of California - Irvine
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in software engineering has to take a look at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Terre Haute.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in software engineering has to take a look at Stevens Institute of Technology. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from San Jose State University
Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Houghton.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Michigan Technological University
UT Dallas is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas
Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Auburn University
Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Drexel University
Learn about other programs related to Software Engineering that might interest you.
BS in Computer Science - Software Engineering
With a software engineering degree, you'll learn the fundamental concepts and principles – a systematic approach used to develop software on time, on budget and within specifications – throughout your online college classes at SNHU.
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Software Engineering is one of 3 different types of Computer Engineering programs to choose from.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Computer Engineering | 10,205 |
| Other Computer Engineering | 96 |
| Computer Hardware Engineering | 5 |
