2027 Best Software Engineering Schools in Virginia
Software Engineering is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for software engineering students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Software Engineering in Virginia
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall software engineering education in Virginia.
Top Schools in Software Engineering
No school ranked higher than George Mason University this year for software engineering. Set in the suburb of Fairfax, George Mason University is a very large public institution. About 68% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 59 software engineering students who graduated with this degree at George Mason University in the most recent data year. Graduates of the software engineering program make about $109,917 in their early career. Typical student debt for the program is $26,697.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
