Indiana has 6 programs titled software engineering at 6 schools, 2 accredited by ABET, and 35 computer science programs. This guide covers each one, what it costs, and what software developers earn in the state.
Kevin ToFounder & Editor·B.S. in Computer Science, Temple University·Updated
Software engineering programs
6
titled software engineering
ABET-accredited
2
ABET’s list, 2026-09-30
Computer science programs
35
IPEDS 2024
Median pay, software developers
$105,920
BLS OEWS, May 2025
Key takeaways
01Indiana has 6 degrees titled software engineering, 5 bachelor’s and 1 master’s, at 6 schools, plus 35 computer science programs. 2 of the software engineering programs are on ABET’s accredited list. University of Indianapolis ranks first among the state’s bachelor’s programs, with a score of 65.6 out of 100, #23 nationally. Each program below is checked against the school’s own page.
02At Indiana’s public schools, the median undergraduate tuition for 2023–24 was $8,620 in state and $22,104 out of state, so residency saves about $13,484 a year at the median. Private schools had a median of $39,500. These IPEDS figures are one per school and leave out fees, housing and financial aid.
03Software developers in Indiana earned a median of $105,920 in May 2025, against $135,980 nationally, and half earned between $83,650 and $135,630. The state employed 14,130 of them. Nationally, BLS projects the occupation to grow 10.2% from 2025 to 2035, against 3.5% for all occupations.
04Prices in Indiana were 6.7% below the national average in 2024, by the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s measure, and housing stood at 73.9 against a national 100. At national prices, the state’s developer median goes as far as about $113,530. BEA’s 2024 figures are its latest, a year behind the pay data.
05Neighboring states with programs titled software engineering: Ohio (7), Michigan (6), Illinois (3) and Kentucky (2). Each has its own guide with the same comparisons of programs, cost and pay, so a program across the state line can be weighed against one at home, keeping in mind that a public school charges nonresidents more.
This guide
Studying software engineering in Indiana
A degree titled software engineering puts design, testing and the management of large software projects at the center, where computer science centers on computation itself. Indiana offers both, and many software engineers hold either one.
What this page covers
Software engineering programs: the 6 bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Indiana titled software engineering, each checked against the school’s own page.
Computer science programs: the state’s 35 bachelor’s and master’s programs in computer science, from federal data.
Online programs: software engineering degrees from our rankings that can be completed online.
Not included: associate degrees, certificates, bootcamps, doctoral programs and degrees in related fields such as information technology.
Methodology
How we ranked these programs
Programs in Indiana are ranked against each other at the same degree level, highest score first. The score is out of 100 and comes from our national rankings, so a program carries the same score on every page of this site. It isn’t curved for Indiana: each factor is measured against fixed national standards, which is why even the strongest program here can sit well below 100.
The bachelor’s score
University of Indianapolis: #23 of 75 nationally
University of Indianapolis leads in Indiana with 65.6 out of 100
Across the country the median bachelor’s score is 56.7 and the highest is 87.0. Its biggest gap is completion, where it earns 21.7 of 35 points. Every scored program is in Best Bachelor’s in Software Engineering.
Scored factors
100 pts total
Cost25 pts
The school’s average net price after grants (IPEDS), in fixed dollar tiers.
Under $12,00025 pts
$12,000 to $15,99920 pts
$16,000 to $19,99915 pts
$20,000 to $24,99910 pts
$25,000 to $31,9995 pts
$32,000 or more0 pts
Completion35 pts
The school’s eight-year completion rate for all entering students (IPEDS Outcome Measures), as a share of the points.
ABET accreditation25 pts
Full points if the program is on ABET’s own accredited list, none if not.
Program size15 pts
Graduates a year, on a log scale that reaches full points at 100.
Not ranked. One program here has no score, because a figure the score needs wouldn’t describe it: Purdue (sets its own tuition, so the federal figure our score uses doesn’t apply). We never score a program on a guess.
Each program is ranked against the others in Indiana at the same degree level, by the score our national rankings use. Tuition is IPEDS 2023–24; grad rate is the school’s. Full details for a ranked program are on its ranking page.
Bachelor’s
Master’s
Top 3 in Indiana
Not ranked
Bachelor’s in software engineering
5 programs
#1 in Indiana
65.6of 100
University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
BSCampus
In-state
$34,416
Out-of-state
$34,416
Completion
62%
✓ ABET-accredited
DesignSpine industry projects from sophomore through senior year
UIndy's software engineering major comes out of the Annis School of Engineering and treats software as a full life cycle. You learn to define requirements, develop the software, test it, integrate the parts, maintain it after release, and plan and schedule all of that. The math and science load is engineering-sized. The curriculum guide requires two semesters of calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, two calculus-based physics courses and General Chemistry I. Software courses include Intro to Software Engineering, Advanced C Programming, Software Validation and Testing, Software Architecture and Software Project Management, next to Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Systems and Operating Systems.
Courses use Java, JavaScript, Python, PHP and C/C++. Engineering Design Labs I through VIII run across the degree, and Design Lab VIII is the capstone. The DesignSpine sequence puts you on multidisciplinary teams working with industry clients from sophomore year on. A typical major finishes with 128 credits against a 120 hour minimum, and the engineering, math, science and computer science courses must average a C or higher. A software engineering concentration is also offered, built on Introduction to Programming, Object-Oriented Programming and Introduction to Software Engineering plus six elective credits. The program holds ABET accreditation through its Engineering Accreditation Commission.
#2 in Indiana
57.8of 100
Trine
Angola, IN
BSCampus
In-state
$35,000
Out-of-state
$35,000
Completion
60%
✓ ABET-accredited
Largest bachelor’s program in Indiana by graduates a year
Trine's software engineering bachelor's degree is accredited by ABET's Engineering Accreditation Commission.
#3 in Indiana
39.3of 100
Manchester
North Manchester, IN
BSCampus
In-state
$35,800
Out-of-state
$35,800
Completion
53%
Lowest in-state tuition of Indiana’s 5 bachelor’s programs
Manchester ends the software engineering major with a choice: a senior project or an internship. The internship path means at least eight weeks of supervised work and three credit hours in CPTR 477, and the senior project is a topic you choose with an advisor, for three credits.
Both include substantial writing and a public presentation. The major is 51 credit hours at the North Manchester campus.
#4 in Indiana
32.3of 100
Butler
Indianapolis, IN
BSCampus
In-state
$44,990
Out-of-state
$44,990
Completion
83%
Highest school graduation rate of the 4 bachelor’s programs in Indiana with a federal figure
Cybersecurity, AI and game design tracks
Butler's software engineering major is 120 credit hours, and you need a GPA of 2.0 or higher to finish. The major itself takes 62 of those hours. It includes a two-part internship course, SE411-412, so work experience is part of the degree. The upper-level software courses are Managing Software Development (SE461), Modernizing Legacy Software (SE462) and Software Testing and Quality Assurance (SE463). Math runs through Calculus I and II plus Elementary Statistics, and you also take Database Systems, Algorithms, Parallel Algorithms and Computer Ethics.
Discrete Mathematics can substitute for the first Foundations of Computing course and Graph Theory for the second. If you want a focus, there are three tracks: cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and game design. Beyond the major comes the Butler Core Curriculum, up to 27 credit hours, which includes at least six credits of a foreign language at the 200 level or above. You also need at least 40 credit hours at the 300 level or above. Declaring several majors and minors is allowed, and the program recommends adding a minor.
#5 in Indiana
31.6of 100
Indiana Institute of Technology
Fort Wayne, IN
BSCampus
In-state
$29,936
Out-of-state
$29,936
Completion
45%
Indiana Tech's software engineering degree is 126 credit hours taught on campus, with a choice between a systems concentration and a gaming concentration.
Systems covers object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithm analysis, and how your software works with hardware. Gaming covers animation, frame rates and real-time simulation. A software engineering lab gives you 24/7 access for major projects and other classwork.
Master’s in software engineering
1 program, none ranked
Not ranked 1 program, each missing something the score needs
Not rankedSets its own tuition, so the federal figure our score uses doesn’t apply
Purdue
West Lafayette, IN
MSOnline
Published rate
$950 per credit hour, resident or not
Grads/yr
New
Online
Purdue's software engineering master's is fully online and runs 30 credits at $950 per credit hour, the same for Indiana residents and non-residents. Nine of those credits are required: a computational models or algorithms course, Advanced Software Engineering and one math course.
You apply with a bachelor's degree in engineering, science, mathematics or technology, with computer engineering or computer science preferred. You learn from faculty across the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science.
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Indiana software engineering programs side by side
Indiana software engineering programs compared, by level
Published rate: $950 per credit hour, resident or not
N/A
New
Not ranked
– means no published figure. A published rate is the school’s own price, shown but not scored.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24, at the program’s level (a master’s figure is the school’s graduate average). Grad rate: the school’s six-year rate for bachelor’s students; N/A on master’s rows, because federal data has no graduation rate for master’s programs. Grads/yr: IPEDS, three-year average. ABET: ABET’s list, retrieved 2026-09-30. #: the program’s rank among Indiana’s ranked programs at its level; NR, not ranked. Score: out of 100, the same score as on the ranking pages.
Computer science
Computer science programs in Indiana
28 schools, 32 programs in the table below.
Computer science is the neighboring degree, and many software engineers hold it. These rows come from federal data, not from each school’s page.
Also offered: master’s at Ball State, Indiana State and Purdue.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24, in-state, before fees and aid; undergraduate for a bachelor’s, and for a master’s the school-wide average across graduate students, which excludes program fees. School grad rate: the school’s six-year rate for bachelor’s students (IPEDS); N/A on master’s rows, because federal data has no graduation rate for master’s programs. ABET: on ABET’s computing (CAC) or engineering (EAC) list, retrieved 2026-10-05; a blank cell means not accredited. A school is in the table when it has at least two of a tuition figure, a grad rate or ABET accreditation, and a program page we could link; the rest are listed under it. SE track: named on the school’s own page.
Cost
What it costs in Indiana
Public, in-state
$8,620
median of 10 schools
Public, out-of-state
$22,104
median of 10 schools
Private
$39,500
median of 17 schools
Living in Indiana is worth about $13,484 a year in tuition at the median public school, the gap between the two public medians. Over a four-year degree that is roughly $53,936, before any change in rates.
Prices in Indiana were 93.3 against a national 100 in 2024, and housing 73.9, by the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s Regional Price Parities. 2024 is BEA’s latest year, a year behind the May 2025 pay figures on this page.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24 undergraduate tuition, one figure per school, for the 27 schools with a bachelor’s program in this guide; a median needs at least 3 schools. Excludes fees, housing and aid. Prices: BEA Regional Price Parities by state, 2024, all items and housing services.
Job market
The software job market in Indiana
Indiana employed 14,130 software developers in May 2025. Its location quotient for the occupation is 0.41: the jobs are less concentrated in the state than nationally. Nationally, BLS projects software developer jobs to grow 10.2% from 2025 to 2035, against 3.5% for all occupations.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Indiana. Location quotient: the state’s share of employment in the occupation divided by the national share (1.0 = the national rate). Growth: BLS Employment Projections, 2025-35, national.
Metro areas
Among the 50 largest U.S. metros, 1 is in Indiana. Software developer employment and pay in each:
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, metropolitan areas, May 2025, software developers. Metro areas are federal CBSAs and can cross state lines; only the 50 largest are on file.
Pay
What software developers earn in Indiana
$74,85010th
$83,65025th
$105,920median
$135,63075th
$164,65090th
Software developers, Indiana, BLS OEWS May 2025. National median: $135,980.
The state median is $105,920, $30,060 below the national $135,980. Half of the state’s software developers earn between $83,650 and $135,630.
BEA puts prices in Indiana at 93.3 against a national 100 (2024), so the median goes as far as $113,530 would nationally, $22,450 less than the national median.
BEA price parities, 2024; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Online options
Online software engineering degrees for Indiana residents
If no program in Indiana fits, these are the highest-scoring online programs in our rankings. Confirm with each school that it enrolls students living in Indiana.
Tuition: IPEDS 2023–24 out-of-state, the rate an online student from another state usually pays (a master’s figure is the school’s graduate average); a published rate is the school’s own price. National rank and score: our national ranking at the program’s level.
How many software engineering programs are in Indiana?
6 degrees titled software engineering, 5 bachelor’s and 1 master’s, at 6 schools. 2 of them are on ABET’s accredited list.
What is the best software engineering school in Indiana?
University of Indianapolis ranks first of the 5 ranked bachelor’s programs in Indiana, with a score of 65.6 out of 100 (#23 nationally). The score combines completion, net price, ABET accreditation and program size.
Which software engineering programs in Indiana are ABET-accredited?
Trine (bachelor’s) and University of Indianapolis (bachelor’s), according to ABET’s accredited program list retrieved 2026-09-30.
How much does a software engineering degree cost in Indiana?
Across Indiana’s public schools in this guide, median undergraduate tuition for 2023–24 was $8,620 for residents and $22,104 for nonresidents; at private schools the median was $39,500. These IPEDS figures exclude fees and housing.
How much do software engineers make in Indiana?
Software developers, the BLS occupation that includes software engineers, earned a median of $105,920 in Indiana in May 2025. The 10th percentile was $74,850 and the 90th $164,650.
Is Indiana pay worth it after cost of living?
BEA puts Indiana’s prices at 93.3 against a national 100 in 2024. Divided by that, the developer median of $105,920 is worth about $113,530 at national prices.
Can Indiana residents take a software engineering degree online?
Yes. Kennesaw State, Minnesota-Crookston and University of Arizona are among the online software engineering programs in our rankings. Check with each school that it enrolls students living in Indiana.
2NCES IPEDS institutional charges, 2023–24Tuition at the program’s level, and undergraduate tuition per school for the cost medians. Excludes fees, housing and aid.
3NCES IPEDS graduation ratesThe school’s six-year graduation rate, for the whole school rather than the program; IPEDS DRVGR2023 where the main pull has no figure.
4Each school’s own program pageProgram name, delivery, credits, and every bullet on the program cards, quoted from the saved page. Read .
