2024 Best Software Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

A degree in software engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #167 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of software engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 805 degrees in software engineering to qualified students.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Software Engineering Schools List

Software Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

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 Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

 

Best Schools for Software Engineering in Massachusetts

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the computer software engineering degree levels they offer.

Top Massachusetts Schools in Computer Software Engineering

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

59 Computer Software Engineering Degrees Awarded

6.8% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in software engineering has to look into Harvard University. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge.More information about a degree in software engineering from Harvard University

2

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

619 Computer Software Engineering Degrees Awarded

6.8% Growth in Graduates

Northeastern University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in software engineering. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a degree in software engineering from Northeastern University

 

Best Software Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Software Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	538	29
Rhode Island	436	14
Vermont	352	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Computer Software Engineering

One of 3 majors within the Computer Engineering area of study, Software Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	586
Other Computer Engineering	3
Computer Hardware Engineering	1

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Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.