Cedarville University · Robert W. Plaster School of Business

Online MBA — Cybersecurity Management Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationOnline

Overview

A 36-semester-hour online Master of Business Administration with a Cybersecurity Management concentration from Cedarville's Robert W. Plaster School of Business, completed in one or two years in seven-week terms. Four courses cover cybersecurity law and policy, enterprise security architecture, risk management and an introduction to cybersecurity.

Official program name: Online MBA in Cybersecurity Management
Awarded degree: Master of Business Administration · major: Business Administration
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level: Master's
Cybersecurity focus: Cybersecurity concentration — Cybersecurity ManagementA formal cybersecurity concentration, track or specialization inside a broader degree such as computer science or information technology. The awarded degree is the broader one.
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
School: Cedarville University — Robert W. Plaster School of Business
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Location: Cedarville, OHFor the online option this is where the school is located — not a residency requirement, and not a guarantee that you may enroll from your state.
Specializations: Cybersecurity Management — formal concentration / track (“Cybersecurity Management concentration”)
Orientation: Management / policy
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Required credits: minimum of 36 semester hours
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: 1- and 2-year completion options
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Start terms: August, October, January, March, May, July
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Why this program is listed

Formal Cybersecurity Management concentration within the online MBA with four required cybersecurity courses.

MBA concentration of 9 hours (Introduction to Cybersecurity, Foundations of Risk Management, Enterprise Security Architecture) plus required Cybersecurity Law and Policy as the legal/ethics course.

Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We list cybersecurity bachelor's, master's and research doctorates at institutionally accredited US schools — dedicated degrees and formal concentrations, never certificates or electives-only degrees. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Formats, online delivery, campus visits, internships and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the school states it.

Formats offered: Online
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Online delivery: Fully onlineAll coursework is online and the institution states no required campus attendance for the online option.
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Campus visits (online option): Campus visits: not verified
Class schedule (online option): Not verified
Internship: Internship requirement: not verified
Study intensity: Part-time, Full-time
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

The program page does not say whether the online option requires campus visits. Ask the school before you apply — missing information is not “no requirement”.

Curriculum

Curriculum details: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.

Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 2.75 — Bachelor's degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale; conditional acceptance possible from 2.0
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Recommendation letters: Required2 letters — One professional or academic reference and one Christian character reference
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Other requirement: RequiredEvidence of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Source: cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

GMAT: Not verifiedMay be required for applicants with a GPA below 2.75; GRE accepted as an alternative.
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

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Application deadline
Rolling admission
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Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Category	Amount	Basis and year
All students — MBA program	$680	per credit · 2026-2027Calculated tuition$24,480 = 36 credits × $680 per credit. Excludes mandatory fees, books, travel for any required visits or placements, transfer credit reductions and rate changes. Not the full cost of attendance.Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Other published fees

Technology fee: $40 per semester
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Program fee: $75 per semester
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Graduation fee: $125 entire program
Source: publications.cedarville.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Scholarships and funding

Awards published by the school for this program or for its level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; service scholarships require government service after graduation. Scholarships & funding guide

Program-specific scholarships: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation, ABET and CAE

Three different things: the school's institutional accreditation, ABET accreditation of this exact program, and the school's NSA CAE designation.

Institutional accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

ABET program accreditation

This program does not appear in ABET's accredited-program database. ABET accreditation is program-specific and optional; the school's other programs or its institutional accreditation do not imply it.

NSA CAE designation (school)

CAE in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) · 2021 - 2026Published period has endedValidated program(s) of study: BS in Computer Science with a Specialization in Cyber Operations (POS-CD); BS in Cyber Operations (POS-CO)Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026
CAE in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) · 2018 - 2029Validated program(s) of study: BS in Computer Science with a Specialization in Cyber Operations (POS-CD); BS in Cyber Operations (POS-CO)Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

A CAE designation belongs to the institution and its validated program of study; it is not accreditation and does not certify every degree. Accreditation & CAE explained

State authorization (online students)

Not verified — check the school's state authorization page before applying from outside Ohio.

International applicants

Not verified for the online option.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages and directories below. Last verified October 11, 2026.

NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
publications.cedarville.edu/academiccatalogs/graduate/2026-2027/62/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
publications.cedarville.edu/academiccatalogs/graduate/2026-2027/63/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
publications.cedarville.edu/academiccatalogs/graduate/2026-2027/66/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
cedarville.edu/academics/programs/mba-cybersecurity — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
cedarville.edu/admissions/graduate/admission-requirements/mba — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026

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