2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Software Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Software Engineering is the 167th most popular major in the country with 4,123 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 161 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in software engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in software engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Software Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

#9 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 28 masters’s computer software engineering degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Software Engineering at U of U

2

University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

#4 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer Software Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s computer software engineering degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of Denver Software Engineering Report

Notes and References

References

• 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.