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Gannon University arch on West Seventh Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. Campus photograph. · Photo: Dasandman008 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Gannon University

Erie, PAPrivate nonprofit MSCHE

Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, offers a campus-based Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity through its Department of Computer and Information Science in the College of Engineering and Business, with an accelerated five-year option leading to an MS in Computer and Information Science. Its Cyber Engineering bachelor's and MS in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity are in abeyance and not accepting new students.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

1 program verified so far (1 bachelor's). The school may offer more cybersecurity programs than we have verified; certificates and associate degrees are not listed.

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Gannon University

Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus
Location: Erie, PA
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 126 credits
Tuition: $1,090 per credit · All students — Per credit rate if less than full-time, Health Science, Computer Science, and Engineering · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: ABET-accredited program
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1951 · next review 01/01/2031

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

ABET program accreditation

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)

CAE designations are awarded by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity program (NSA, with CISA and partners) to an institution and its validated program of study. A designation is not accreditation and does not apply automatically to every degree.

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

As described on the school's own pages.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

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

This directory lists cybersecurity bachelor's, master's and PhD programs. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).
  • Bachelor of Science in Cyber Engineering (Bachelor of Science)Program in abeyance; not accepting new students.Source: gannon.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Master of Science in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (Master of Science)Program in abeyance; not accepting new students.Source: gannon.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Gannon University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
109 W Sixth St, Erie, PA 16541-0001
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
267 of 4,548 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 11, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
  2. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. DAPIP — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. gannon.edu/academic-offerings/engineering-and-business/graduate/information-assurance-and-cybersecur — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. gannon.edu/academic-offerings/engineering-and-business/undergraduate/cyber-engineering/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. gannon.edu/academic-offerings/engineering-and-business/undergraduate/cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. gannon.edu/academic-offerings/engineering-and-business/undergraduate/cybersecurity/admission-require — Official admissions page, verified October 11, 2026

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