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In that vein, software engineer in my mind implies that you have completed a professional practice exam of some sort, depending on your jurisdiction's requirements, which may include the requirement of completing a software engineering degree, and are willing to take on the legal consequences of any faulty software that you sign off on.

Just having a software engineering degree alone should not really make you an engineer, in this respect, any more than someone who has studied software development practices through other means.