2025 Best Software Engineering Schools in the New England Region

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.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Software Engineering Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 706 degrees in software engineering to qualified students.

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

• Best Overall Software Engineering Schools List

Pick Your Software Engineering Degree Level

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 Schools in the New England Region. 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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Best Schools for Software Engineering in the New England Region

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 New England Region Schools in Computer Software Engineering

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

583 Computer Software Engineering Degrees Awarded

Northeastern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in software engineering. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in software engineering from Northeastern University

2

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in software engineering. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in software engineering from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Best Software Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best software engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	803
Connecticut	538	29
Rhode Island	436	14
Vermont	352	14

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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	782
Other Computer Engineering	28

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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.