Georgetown University

Washington, DCPrivate nonprofit MSCHEGeorgetown SCS

NSA CAE-CD · 2025 - 2030 NSA CAE-R · 2008 - 2029

Georgetown University is a private university in Washington, D.C. Its School of Continuing Studies offers a Master of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity Risk Management, available on campus, online or as a combination, and runs a Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Risk Management.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

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

Georgetown University

Master of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity Risk Management

Master'sMPSDedicated degreeMaster of Professional Studies

Campus · Online · Full-time, Part-time

Washington, DCSchool location, not a residency requirement

Online attendance requirements not verified

2–5 years · 33 credits

$1,752 per credit · All students — Fall 2026 and Spring 2027, per credit hour · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

School designated CAE-CD, CAE-RNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation

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Accreditation

Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1921 · next review 01/01/2030
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)

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.

CAE in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD)
Designation period: 2025 - 2030 · Designation for institutions whose validated program of study meets the NCAE-C cyber defense criteria.
Validated program(s) of study listed in the directory: Master of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity Risk Management (POS-CD)
Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026
CAE in Cyber Research (CAE-R)
Designation period: 2008 - 2029 · Designation for institutions with a cybersecurity research program meeting the NCAE-C research criteria (typically doctoral-granting).
Validated program(s) of study listed in the directory: Master of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity Risk Management (POS-CD)
Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

The NCAE-C directory lists this school with a CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. Both carry service obligations and citizenship requirements — see how they work. Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

Cybersecurity labs, centers and teams

As described on the school's own pages.

Research centerCenter of Excellence in Cybersecurity Risk Management (CECRM)SCS center offering graduate and certificate programs and vocational training in cybersecurity risk management.Source: scs.georgetown.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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.

Scholarships and funding

School-wide awards, service scholarships and rates as published. Program pages list awards specific to a program.

CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service Service scholarship
Obligation: Employment in a governmental cybersecurity position
Source: scs.georgetown.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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…).

Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity StrategyCertificate, not a degree.Source: scs.georgetown.edu · verified October 11, 2026
PhD in Computer Science (security research) (Doctor of Philosophy)General computer science PhD; security is a research area, no formal cybersecurity track documented on the pages reviewed.Source: scs.georgetown.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name: Georgetown University
Control: Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location: 37th and O St NW, Washington, DC 20057-0001
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 2,927 of 20,392 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.

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 — MSCHE institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
scs.georgetown.edu/programs/484/master-of-professional-studies-in-cybersecurity-risk-management/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
scs.georgetown.edu/programs/484/master-of-professional-studies-in-cybersecurity-risk-management/cent — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
scs.georgetown.edu/programs/484/master-of-professional-studies-in-cybersecurity-risk-management/tuit — Official tuition and fees page, verified October 11, 2026

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