

Anderson University
Anderson, SCPrivate nonprofit SACSCOC
Anderson University in Anderson, South Carolina houses its cybersecurity degrees in the Center for Cybersecurity, which offers four seated bachelor's degrees: Cybersecurity, and Cybersecurity combined with Analytics, Criminal Justice or Mathematics. Its International Graduate School offers a 31-credit Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management in a hybrid format.
Verified cybersecurity degrees
5 programs verified so far (4 bachelor's, 1 master's). The school may offer more cybersecurity programs than we have verified; certificates and associate degrees are not listed.
Bachelor of Science (BS), Cybersecurity and Analytics
Bachelor of Science (BS), Cybersecurity and Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Science (BS), Cybersecurity and Mathematics
Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management (MSCM)
Accreditation
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1959 · next review 12/01/2028
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
ABET program accreditation
None of this school's listed cybersecurity programs appears in ABET's accredited-program database. ABET accreditation is optional and program-specific; its absence does not make a program ineligible here.
Institutional accreditation covers the institution. It does not mean every program is ABET-accredited — ABET accredits individual programs, and we show it only for the program ABET lists.
NSA Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE)
This school does not appear in the official NCAE-C directory as of our last check. Many strong programs are not CAE-designated; it is not an eligibility requirement here.
Cybersecurity labs, centers and teams
- Competition teamCybersecurity Competitions and CTFsStudents compete in Capture the Flag competitions each semester, with weekly in-person practices and an internal training platform of about 400 challenges.Source: andersonuniversity.edu · verified October 11, 2026
- Student organizationCybersecurity ClubClub open to any current AU student interested in the cyber field.Source: andersonuniversity.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Online student services
Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.
Offerings we reviewed but do not list
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), Homeland Security and Emergency Services - Emergency Services Management (Bachelor of Arts)Homeland security / emergency services management degree; not a cybersecurity curriculum.Source: andersonuniversity.edu · verified October 11, 2026
Institution
- Official name
- Anderson University
- Control
- Private nonprofitSource: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
- Main location
- 316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621-4035Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
- Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
- 716 of 4,325 students (Fall 2023)Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Sources
- andersonuniversity.edu/academics/cybersecurity/ctf-team/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- andersonuniversity.edu/new-stem-masters-programs/master-of-science-in-cybersecurity-management/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- andersonuniversity.edu/program/bachelor-of-arts-ba-homeland-security-and-emergency-services-emergenc — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- andersonuniversity.edu/program/bachelor-of-science-bs-cybersecurity-and-mathematics/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- andersonuniversity.edu/program/master-of-science-in-cybersecurity-management-mscm/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
- NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
- IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
- andersonuniversity.edu/academics/cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026