2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Software Engineering in California

A bachelor's degree in software engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #192 out of 1137 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of software engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 260 bachelor's degrees in software engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Software Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in computer software engineering matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Software Engineering in California ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality software engineering program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Software Engineering Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for software engineering.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Software Engineering in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in software engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Computer Software Engineering Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

San Jose State University
San Jose, CA

130 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in software engineering has to look into San Jose State University. San Jose State is a very large public university located in the large city of San Jose. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in software engineering in California.

There were about 130 software engineering students who graduated with this degree at San Jose State in the most recent data year.

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2

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

61 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a popular decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in software engineering. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in software engineering in California.

There were about 61 software engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

3

University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA

55 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of California - Irvine is a popular option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in software engineering. UC Irvine is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Irvine. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in software engineering in California.

There were roughly 55 software engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from University of California - Irvine

4

Chapman University
Orange, CA

8 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Chapman University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in software engineering. Chapman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Orange.

There were about 8 software engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Chapman in the most recent data year.

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5

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

5 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the large city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for bachelor's degrees in software engineering in California.

There were roughly 5 software engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cal Baptist in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from California Baptist University

6

The University of Arizona Global Campus
San Diego, CA

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

UAGC is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of San Diego.

There were approximately 1 software engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UAGC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from The University of Arizona Global Campus

7

DeVry University - California
Pomona, CA

DeVry University - California is a small private for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Pomona. More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from DeVry University - California

 

Best Software Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Software Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	527	10

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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	1,724
Other Computer Engineering	24
Computer Hardware Engineering	1

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.