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Software Engineering at West Virginia University

Software Engineering at West Virginia University

If you are interested in studying software engineering, you may want to check out the program at West Virginia University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and has a total student population of 26,269.

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.

WVU Software Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Software Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at WVU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? WVU offers distance education options for computer software engineering at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

WVU Software Engineering Rankings

Computer Software Engineering Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Software Engineering Master’s Program

16% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 84% of computer software engineering master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

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Of the students who received a computer software engineering master's degree from WVU, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the computer software engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 12
International Students 0
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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Software Applications Developers 1,110 $87,490
Architectural and Engineering Managers 500 $139,030
Systems Software Developers 420 $100,170

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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