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Best Software Engineering Schools Near Louisville, KY (2026)
Updated September 5, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Louisville, Kentucky has 2 accredited schools offering software engineering programs. Louisville has a population of about 1,003,412. In the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area, the top-earning software engineering-related role is Computer and Information Systems Managers at a median $150,710 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Software Engineering Schools to Louisville
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer software engineering programs near Louisville, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Louisville city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
Graduation rate 30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
Average net price (lower is better) 20%
Retention rate 15%
Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Louisville.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
BOC
Ranked by BOC Score — U.S. Dept. of Education outcome data. Advertising never affects rankings.
Louisville is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro area (BLS area code 31140). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Kentucky statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Software Developers
$110,270
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$118,443
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
$79,040
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$84,898
Computer Programmers
$105,050
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$112,836
Web Developers
$80,870
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$86,864
Computer and Information Systems Managers
$150,710
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$161,880
Computer Occupations, All Other
$76,900
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$82,599
Computer Network Architects
$101,040
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$108,528
Computer Systems Analysts
$97,970
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$105,231
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
Louisville at a Glance
Metric
Value
Source
Regional Price Parity (US=100)
93.1 (below U.S. average)
BEA RPP 2024
Other Louisville-Area Cities With Software Engineering Programs
How many accredited software engineering schools are near Louisville, KY?
Our directory has 2 accredited schools offering software engineering programs near Louisville. The closest is Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY (4.8 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is University of Cincinnati-Main Campus (90.5 miles). 2 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying software engineering roles near Louisville?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying software engineering-related roles near Louisville are: Computer and Information Systems Managers ($150,710), Software Developers ($110,270), Computer Programmers ($105,050). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Kentucky statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Jeffersontown instead of Louisville?
Jeffersontown, KY is 5.1 miles from Louisville and has its own set of local software engineering programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 5, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
