2024 Best Software Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you pursue a master's degree in software engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #81 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for software engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 803 master's degrees in software engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to software engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other software engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized software engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for software engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The computer software engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Software Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Software Engineering in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in software engineering.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Computer Software Engineering

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Harvard University if you want to pursue a master's degree in software engineering. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in software engineering from Harvard University

2

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

619 Annual Graduates

Northeastern University is a great option for individuals interested in a master's degree in software engineering. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in software engineering from Northeastern University

Best Software Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	313	9
Vermont	115	2

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Software Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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	91

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.