2025 Best Software Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in software engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #163 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Software Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 109 bachelor's degrees in software engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on software engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other software engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized software engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Software Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Software Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Software Engineering in Pennsylvania

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for software engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Computer Software Engineering

1

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Drexel University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in software engineering. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Drexel University

2

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA

21 Annual Graduates

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in software engineering. Ship is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Shippensburg.More information about a bachelor’s in software engineering from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Best Software Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Software Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	129
New Jersey	351	34

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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 Majors Related to Computer Software Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	381

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.