MBA — Cybersecurity Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationOnlineHybrid

Overview

A 33-credit MBA in seven-week courses with a Cybersecurity concentration of three cyber courses, offered entirely online or in a hybrid format with weekly evening classes on the Charleston campus.

Official program name: Master of Business Administration, Cybersecurity Concentration
Awarded degree: Master of Business Administration · major: Business Administration
Source: econnections.ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Degree level: Master's
Cybersecurity focus: Cybersecurity concentration — CybersecurityA 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: econnections.ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
School: University of Charleston
Location: Charleston, WVFor 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: None mapped from official curriculum evidence
Required credits: 33 credit hours
Source: econnections.ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Duration: 12-16 months
Source: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Why this program is listed

Named Cybersecurity concentration with its own course list inside the 33-credit MBA, offered online and in a Charleston hybrid format.

Formal MBA concentration in Cybersecurity: three of four courses in cyber operations management, enterprise infrastructure safeguarding, legal issues in cybersecurity and information assurance and risk management.

Source: econnections.ucwv.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 · Hybrid
Source: ucwv.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: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Campus visits (online option): Campus visits: not verified
Class schedule (online option): Asynchronous
Source: econnections.ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Internship: Internship requirement: not verified
Study intensity: Not verified

Attendance requirements as published

Live online sessions Optional
Online program offers optional weekly check-ins with instructors and classmates
weekly
Source: econnections.ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Other attendance requirement Required
Hybrid format: class one night per week on the Charleston campus
weekly · Charleston, WV
Source: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Curriculum

Academic calendar

Six starts per year, 7-week terms
Source: econnections.ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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”.

Technical preparation

Prerequisite courses: RequiredUndergraduate prerequisites in accounting, economics and statistics
Source: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Minimum GPA: RequiredMinimum 2.5 — Cumulative GPA of at least 2.5
Source: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Résumé / CV: RequiredCurrent resume
Source: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Tests

Entrance and English-language test policy: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Application deadline
Rolling admission · for Fall, Spring, Summer
The school does not print a year with this date.
Source: ucwv.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Rolling

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 Master of Business Administration online & in-seatFrom the school-wide rate table for this level	$600	per credit · 2026-2027Calculated tuition$19,800 = 33 credits × $600 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: ucwv.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)

The school does not appear in the official NCAE-C directory as of our last check.

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 West Virginia.

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.

econnections.ucwv.edu/academiccatalogs/ — Official catalog / bulletin, 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
ucwv.edu/academics/majors-degrees/master-of-business-administration-mba/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
ucwv.edu/admissions/financial-aid/cost-sheet/ — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026

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