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Cybersecurity Schools in the US

Schools with at least one verified cybersecurity degree. Each holds a current institutional accreditation recorded in the U.S. Department of Education's accreditation database (DAPIP). NSA CAE designations and ABET accreditation are shown separately, only where the official directories list them.

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Listed alphabetically by school. This directory is not a ranking. What we list

University of Advancing Technology

Tempe, AZPrivate for-profitAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2007 - 2027

University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, offers two security-focused bachelor's degrees (Network Security and Technology Forensics) on campus and through its UAT-Online hybrid-online modality, and a 36-credit, module-based Master of Science in Cyber Security offered in person, online or hybrid.

University of Alabama at Birmingham campus — Hill University Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), built in 1983 as University Center. Renamed in

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, ALPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-R · 2012 - 2030

The University of Alabama at Birmingham offers an on-campus B.S. in Digital Forensics and an on-campus M.S. in Cyber Security, both drawing on the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Criminal Justice in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Collat School of Business offers an online M.S. in Management Information Systems with a Cyber Security Management concentration and an Information Systems major with a Cybersecurity Management concentration. UAB runs a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program.

University of Alabama in Huntsville campus — This is Shelby Center, the Department of Biological Sciences on the campus of University of Alabama-Huntsville. Here's t

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Huntsville, ALPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-CD · 2007 - 2027CAE-R · 2012 - 2028

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a public university in Huntsville, Alabama. It offers bachelor's degrees in Cybersecurity Engineering, Cyber Operations Technology (online) and Cybersecurity Management, a Master of Science in Cybersecurity, an MS in Cybersecurity Management through the College of Business, and a cybersecurity concentration in the Computer Science MS.

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.

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MDPublicAccredited: MSCHE

The University of Baltimore's School of Criminal Justice in the College of Public Affairs offers a 120-credit B.S. in Cyber Forensics (upper-level major courses online, in person or both) and a 30-credit M.S. in Cyber Forensics offered on campus and fully online. The Merrick School of Business also offers a 9-credit Cybersecurity and Organizational Resilience specialization within its 39-credit MBA.

University of Central Florida campus — IMG_20150120_174302532_HDR

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FLPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2016 - 2027CAE-R · 2017 - 2029

The University of Central Florida's Department of Computer Science offers two 30-credit cybersecurity master's degrees: the MS in Cyber Security and Privacy (technical and interdisciplinary tracks, in person or mixed online/in-person) and the MS in Digital Forensics (on campus or 100 percent online through UCF Online). Undergraduate cybersecurity study is offered through minors and certificates rather than a dedicated bachelor's degree.

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, MOPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2022 - 2027

The University of Central Missouri's Department of Computer Science and Cybersecurity offers a 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity with Cyber Operations and Secure Software Development options, taken in Warrensburg or online, and a 30-credit Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance offered in Warrensburg, at the Lee's Summit campus and online.

University of Charleston campus — The campus of the University of Charleston, as seen from the grounds of the West Virginia Capitol across the Kanawha Riv

University of Charleston

Charleston, WVPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC

The University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia, offers an online Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity degree-completion program and an online Master of Science in Cybersecurity through its School of Leadership. Its Charleston campus offers a Cybersecurity major within the Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science, and its MBA (online or hybrid) has a Cybersecurity concentration.

University of Cincinnati campus — McMicken Hall, in the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OHPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2016 - 2028

The University of Cincinnati's School of Information Technology, in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH), offers a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity on campus and online, with a required co-op component. The school houses the Ohio Cyber Range Institute.

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, COPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2012 - 2027CAE-R · 2024 - 2029

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs offers cybersecurity degrees across several colleges: in Engineering and Applied Science, a Bachelor of Innovation in Computer Security, a Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity and a PhD in Cybersecurity, plus a Cybersecurity track in the BA in Computer Science; in the College of Business, a Cybersecurity Management emphasis in the BS in Business and an MBA paired with a Cybersecurity Management graduate certificate.

University of Delaware campus — Image from Univ of Delaware's Campus

University of Delaware

Newark, DEPublicAccredited: MSCHE

CAE-CD · 2016 - 2027

The University of Delaware's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers a BS in Cybersecurity Engineering and a 30-credit MS in Cybersecurity available on campus or 100% online, and the Department of Computer and Information Sciences offers a BS in Computer Science with a Concentration in Cybersecurity. UD runs a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program for eligible on-campus cybersecurity students.

University of Detroit Mercy campus — University of Detroit Mercy

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, MIPrivate nonprofitAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2004 - 2027

University of Detroit Mercy offers a 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity through its Department of Cybersecurity & Information Systems, and three online 30-credit master's degrees with a security focus: the MS in Cybersecurity Management, the MS in Cybercrime (Department of Criminal Justice) and the MS in Vehicle Cyber Engineering (College of Engineering & Science). A 5-year BS/MS option pairs the bachelor's with the Cybersecurity Management or Intelligence Analysis master's.

University of Georgia campus — You may select the license of your choice.

University of Georgia

Athens, GAPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-R · 2017 - 2029

The University of Georgia in Athens offers a Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Privacy through its School of Computing, with thesis and non-thesis options of 30-32 credit hours. UGA computer science undergraduates can enter a Double Dawgs pathway that combines the B.S. in Computer Science with the non-thesis M.S. in Cybersecurity and Privacy.

University of Houston campus — The Ezekiel W. Cullen building across from the Cullen Family Plaza Fountain at the University of Houston

University of Houston

Houston, TXPublicAccredited: SACSCOC

CAE-CD · 2009 - 2028CAE-R · 2014 - 2029

The University of Houston offers a Master of Science in Cybersecurity through the Department of Information Science Technology in the Cullen College of Engineering, based at UH Engineering in Sugar Land. The 30-hour program is presented as hybrid on the UH online programs site and is listed among the college's online master's programs.

University of Idaho campus — Administration Building, University of Idaho

University of Idaho

Moscow, IDPublicAccredited: NWCCU

CAE-CD · 1999 - 2028CAE-R · 2025 - 2030

The University of Idaho offers a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Cybersecurity through the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering. Its Center for Secure and Dependable Systems coordinates cybersecurity research and the university's CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program.

University of Illinois Springfield campus — University of Illinois at Springfield campus, outside commons area

University of Illinois Springfield

Springfield, ILPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2009 - 2027

The University of Illinois Springfield offers a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity through its Department of Computer Science, on campus and online, and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management through the College of Business and Management, on campus and online. Its online MBA can be paired with a Cybersecurity Administration or Cybersecurity Management certificate.

University of Kansas campus — Strong Hall, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KSPublicAccredited: HLC

CAE-CD · 2009 - 2027CAE-R · 2019 - 2030

The University of Kansas offers a 126-credit Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering through the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Lawrence, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Cybersecurity, a degree-completion program delivered online through the School of Professional Studies. KU's Jayhawk SFS program is a CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service site.

University of Maine at Augusta

Augusta, MEPublicAccredited: NECHE

CAE-CD · 2014 - 2029

The University of Maine at Augusta offers a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, available at its Augusta and Bangor locations and online, with focus areas in cyber analysis, cyber forensics and information assurance and a required internship. It also offers an online Master of Science in Cybersecurity with a capstone or thesis option. Coursework uses the Maine Cyber Range.

University of Maryland Global Campus campus — UMUC Student and Faculty Services Center

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, MDPublicAccredited: MSCHE

CAE-CD · 2002 - 2027

University of Maryland Global Campus is a public university in the University System of Maryland that delivers its cybersecurity degrees online. It offers bachelor's degrees in cybersecurity technology, cybersecurity management and policy, and cyber operations, master's degrees in cybersecurity technology, cybersecurity management and policy, cyber operations, and digital forensics and cyber investigation, and MBA specializations in cybersecurity.