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Software Engineering at Northeastern University

Software Engineering at Northeastern University

What traits are you looking for in a computer software engineering school? To help you decide if Northeastern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer software engineering program.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Software Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Northeastern Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

Northeastern Software Engineering Rankings

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at Northeastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer software engineering majors at Northeastern University.

Northeastern Software Engineering Master’s Program

46% Women
2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 46% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northeastern University with a master's in computer software engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 752
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Computer Software Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer software engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Software Applications Developers 29,110 $109,130
Systems Software Developers 25,540 $117,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers 8,190 $156,250
Engineering Professors 1,880 $135,140

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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