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NSA CAE-Designated Cybersecurity Schools

123 schools in this directory hold a current designation in the official National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) directory and have at least one verified cybersecurity degree listed here. The designation belongs to the school and its validated program of study — it is not accreditation, and it does not mean every program at the school was evaluated.

Designations whose published period has ended are not counted. Listed alphabetically; this is not a ranking.

Designation for institutions with a validated, deeply technical cyber operations program of study.

Auburn University campus — Auburn University 's Samford Hall

Auburn University

Auburn, ALPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-CD · 2003 - 2028CAE-CO · 2013 - 2028CAE-R · 2008 - 2030

Auburn University's Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering offers a 33-credit Master of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering, available on campus or through the Engineering Online Graduate Program. Undergraduate cybersecurity study is offered as a certificate in Cyber Defense and through electives in the BS in Computer Science.

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Augusta University campus — University Hall greets those who enter the main gate on the Summerville Campus of Georgia Regents University.

Augusta University

Augusta, GAPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-CD · 2016 - 2027CAE-CO · 2024 - 2029

Augusta University's School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, based at the Georgia Cyber Innovation & Training Center in downtown Augusta, offers bachelor's degrees in Cybersecurity, Cyber Operations and Cybersecurity Engineering, a fully online MS in Cybersecurity Management and Technology (formerly Information Security Management) and a PhD in Computer and Cyber Sciences. The university participates in the CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service and DoD Cyber Service Academy programs.

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Carnegie Mellon University campus — CMU campus Cathedral Learning background

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PAPrivate nonprofitAccredited: MSCHE

CAE-CD · 2000 - 2027CAE-CO · 2013 - 2030CAE-R · 2009 - 2029

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh offers its cybersecurity master's degrees through the Information Networking Institute (MS in Information Security, MS in Information Technology - Information Security, MS in Artificial Intelligence Engineering - Information Security) and Heinz College (MS in Information Security Policy and Management). Undergraduates in the School of Computer Science can complete a Security and Privacy concentration. The master's programs are delivered in person.

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Cedarville University campus — Got to spend the day representing @weareelic at my alma mater, Cedarville University, today. 😀 #weareelic

Cedarville University

Cedarville, OHPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC

CAE-CO · 2018 - 2029

Cedarville University is a private Christian university in Cedarville, Ohio. It offers a residential BS in Cyber Operations, a Cyber Operations track within the BS in Computer Science, and a Cyber Management track in the BS in Information Technology Management (residential and online), plus an online MBA with a Cybersecurity Management concentration.

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Dakota State University campus — DSU campus picture facing Beadle Hall, Madison, South Dakota

Dakota State University

Madison, SDPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2004 - 2028CAE-CO · 2012 - 2028CAE-R · 2012 - 2030

Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota, offers cybersecurity degrees through its Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences and other colleges: bachelor's degrees in Cyber Operations and Cyber and Network Security, a Cyber Leadership and Intelligence degree, a BBA specialization in Cybersecurity Management, master's degrees in Cyber Defense and Cyber Operations, and PhDs in Cyber Defense and Cyber Operations. Most are offered on campus and online; the PhDs are online with on-campus residencies.

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Mississippi State University campus — This is a picture of the Old Main Academic Center at Missisippi State University near Starkville, MS in Oktibbeha County

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MSPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-CD · 2001 - 2028CAE-CO · 2013 - 2029CAE-R · 2008 - 2029

Mississippi State University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering offers a BS in Cybersecurity, an online Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity for AAS holders, and an MS in Cyber Security and Operations with Cyber Defense and Cyber Operations concentrations, offered on the Starkville campus and online.

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New York University campus — New York University Building, close to the Washington Square Park

New York University

New York, NYPrivate nonprofitAccredited: MSCHE

CAE-CD · 2002 - 2028CAE-CO · 2014 - 2028

New York University's Tandon School of Engineering offers a 30-credit MS in Cybersecurity on campus in Brooklyn and fully online, and NYU School of Law and NYU Tandon jointly offer a one-year, low-residency MS in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy for experienced professionals. Cybersecurity research is organized through the NYU Center for Cybersecurity and the OSIRIS Lab.

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Old Dominion University campus — Old Dominion University campus

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VAPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-CD · 2023 - 2028CAE-CO · 2019 - 2030CAE-R · 2024 - 2029

Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, offers cybersecurity degrees through its School of Cybersecurity: a BS in Cybersecurity (on campus and online through ODUGlobal, with majors including Cyber Operations, AI for Cybersecurity and Cyber Risk Management), a 30-credit MS in Cybersecurity with four concentrations, and a PhD in Cybersecurity.

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Towson University campus — Photo by Katie Simmons-Barth

Towson University

Towson, MDPublicAccredited: MSCHE

CAE-CD · 2002 - 2028CAE-CO · 2014 - 2029CAE-R · 2026 - 2031

Towson University's Department of Computer and Information Sciences offers cybersecurity study as formal tracks: a Cyber Operations track in the BS in Computer Science, a Network Security track in the BS in Information Technology, a Cybersecurity track in the MS in Computer Science, and Information Security and Assurance or Computer Forensics specializations in the MS in Applied Information Technology.

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University of Arizona campus — U of A

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZPublicAccredited: WSCUC

CAE-CD · 2009 - 2027CAE-CO · 2018 - 2030CAE-R · 2017 - 2030

The University of Arizona's College of Information Science offers a Bachelor of Applied Science in Cyber Defense and a Bachelor of Science in Cyber Operations on the main campus and online, and an online Master of Science in Cyber Operations. Arizona Online also delivers a Master of Science in Cybersecurity run jointly by Management Information Systems (Eller College of Management) and the College of Engineering, and the Eller MS in Management Information Systems offers a Security and Information Assurance concentration.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha campus — Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NEPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2002 - 2027CAE-CO · 2017 - 2028

The University of Nebraska at Omaha offers a 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity with Cyber Defense and Cyber Operations concentrations and a 33-credit Master of Science in Cybersecurity with Cyber Operations and Interdisciplinary concentrations, both listed in traditional and online delivery modes. A Cybersecurity concentration is also available within the Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies. The programs are housed in the School of Interdisciplinary Informatics in the College of Information Science & Technology.

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University of New Haven campus — University of New Haven campus and surroundings, June 2011

University of New Haven

West Haven, CTPrivate nonprofitAccredited: NECHE

CAE-CO · 2019 - 2030

The University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut, offers a campus-based Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Master of Science in Cybersecurity through the Tagliatela College of Engineering, a fully online M.S. in Cyber Risk Management through the Pompea College of Business, and a fully online M.S. in Digital Forensic Investigation through the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences. The university participates in the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program.

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Source: NCAE-C institution directory (maps.caecommunity.org). Each school profile shows the designation period and the validated program(s) of study the directory lists. What a CAE designation means