2025 Best Software Engineering Schools in Illinois

If you plan on majoring in software engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #167 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for software engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 degrees in software engineering annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Software Engineering Schools List

Pick Your Software Engineering Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Software Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Software Engineering in Illinois

The schools below may not offer all types of computer software engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Computer Software Engineering

1

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Illinois Institute of Technology is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in software engineering. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.More information about a degree in software engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

2

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Loyola University Chicago is a great decision for students interested in a degree in software engineering. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a degree in software engineering from Loyola University Chicago

Best Software Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	112
Michigan	915	24
Indiana	737	52
Wisconsin	672	117

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Software Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Software Engineering is one of 3 different types of Computer Engineering programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Computer Software Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	518
Other Computer Engineering	23

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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.