Software Engineering Schools In California
California has 11 accredited software engineering schools where software engineering faculty who teach software engineering classes can find employment. The trends in California's software engineering academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in software engineering includes software engineering training at the following levels:
- Bachelors degree in Software Engineering
- Masters degree in Software Engineering
- PhD degree in Software Engineering
Schools
Cities
Statistics
Professional Trends
California Vs. National Software Engineering Employment
| California | 171,340 |
| National | 1,061,310 |
Employment Growth for Software engineering professionals In California
| 164,350 | 164,380 | 173,520 | 177,000 | No data |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Software Engineering VS. All Professions salaries in California
| $86,890 | $90,823 | $94,473 | $97,560 | No data |
| $48,885 | $52,410 | $54,744 | $56,285 | $57,176 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Software Engineering
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
Salary percentiles for Software engineering professionals in California
| No data at this time. |
Average Salaries for Software engineering professionals and related professions in California
Computer Programming |
$84,470 |
Computer Science |
$84,672 |
Game Development |
$86,800 |
Information Systems |
$113,100 |
Information Technology |
$91,981 |
Software Engineering |
$94,822 |
Educational Trends
Software Engineering programs available for each degree type for all schools in California
associate |
0 |
bachelor |
5 |
master |
8 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 14 |
The number of students graduating from the 11 accredited software engineering schools in California is increasing. In 2006, 207 students graduated from software engineering courses in California. And in 2010, 461 students graduated.
This represents a 123% increase in the number of software engineering degree or certificate school graduates in California state. 57% of these graduates received a master's degree in software engineering.