2026 Best Software Engineering Schools in Virginia
Software Engineering programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their software engineering programs.
College Factual analyzed 4 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best software engineering schools.
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Best Schools for Software Engineering in Virginia
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the software engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Software Engineering
Our analysis ranked George Mason University the best school in the country for a degree in software engineering. George Mason University is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax. About 68% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 34 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
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 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 · 4 schools 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).
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