Software Engineering Schools

As a professor or instructor of software engineering classes at one of the 104 accredited software engineering schools in the country, you play a notable role in shaping the education, and, in effect, the future of this growing field. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in software engineering, which encompasses software engineering training at the following levels:

Software Engineering Certificate
Associates degree in Software Engineering
Bachelors degree in Software Engineering
Masters degree in Software Engineering
PhD degree in Software Engineering

Statistics

Professional Trends

National Employment growth for Software engineering professionals

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
981,850	1,027,640	1,067,770	1,076,590	1,061,310

Dark Yellow: Actual Values

In 2010, 1,061,310 software engineering professionals were working in the US. Over the course of the past 4 years, this number has grown by 8%.

This growth is faster than the growth for all careers during the same time period. There was a 1% decline for all careers.

National Salary percentiles for Software engineering professionals

10th percentile	$54,360
25th percentile	$69,090
50th percentile	$87,790
75th percentile	$109,210
90th percentile	$133,110

Nationally, the median yearly salary earned by software engineering professionals was $87,790 in 2010.

National Median Salary Growth For Software Engineering

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$77,907	$81,237	$84,337	$85,987	$87,790

Light Blue: Salaries

There has been a 13% growth in software engineering professionals' salaries from 2006 to 2010.

Educational Trends

National Software Engineering Student enrollment growth by degree

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
66	51	50	54	50
237	303	433	516	600
2	3	7	8	7
561	617	1,016	1,890	1,452
58	29	83	302	72

Yellow: Associate's Degree in Software Engineering
Blue: Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Red: Doctorates Degree in Software Engineering
Light blue: Master's Degree in Software Engineering
Grey: Certificate in Software Engineering

We are seeing a rapid change in the career outlook for software engineering professionals. And the story on the educational front is similar. In 2006, 924 students graduated from software engineering degree programs in the US. In 2010, 2,181 students graduated from software engineering schools.

Thus, in 4 years, there was a 136% growth in the number of software engineering graduates. The growth nationally for students graduating from institutions of higher learning in general has been 12% from 2006 to 2010. Thus, the growth in the number of students graduating from software engineering courses is greater than the change in the number of students graduating in all disciplines in the US.

Software Engineering Programs offered Nationwide

associate	10
bachelor	44
master	42
doctor	3
Certificate	14
Total	113

As student graduation numbers are up, the number of schools offering software engineering programs has decreased. In 2006 there were 21 software engineering schools across the nation, and in 2010, there were 104 schools.

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