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Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GAPublic SACSCOCGeorgia Tech Professional Education (OMS Cybersecurity)

Georgia Tech's School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, part of the College of Computing, supports a Master of Science in Cybersecurity offered on campus in Atlanta and online, with Information Security, Cyber-Physical Systems and Policy tracks. Undergraduates in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science can choose the Cybersecurity and Privacy thread.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

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

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Master of Science in Cybersecurity

Master'sMSDedicated degree
Format: Campus · Fully online · Asynchronous · Part-time
Location: Atlanta, GASchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Online: typically two to three years part-time (up to six years allowed); on campus: one to two years (Online option is part-time) · 32 credits
Tuition: $373 per credit · In-state — Online program, Georgia residents
Next deadline: February 1, 2027 · Fall 2027
Accreditation and designation: No ABET or CAE record found
Specializations: Critical Infrastructure Security · Governance, Risk & Compliance · Cryptography · Network Security
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Accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1923 · next review 06/01/2031

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

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

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1989

    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.

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.

Where online students can enroll from

State authorization decides whether the school can enroll you in an online program from your state.

State authorization

International students

  • International students may enroll in the online MS in Cybersecurity without U.S. residency; no visas are offered for the online program.
    Source: pe.gatech.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…).
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science (Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science)Joint College of Computing PhD; all students receive the same degree and no formal cybersecurity track is documented (security research happens through SCP advisors).Source: cc.gatech.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
225 North Ave, Atlanta, GA 30332-0530
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
20,935 of 47,946 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. catalog.gatech.edu/programs/cybersecurity-ms/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  6. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  7. pe.gatech.edu/degrees/cybersecurity — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. scp.cc.gatech.edu/contact-us — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  9. scp.cc.gatech.edu/research-labs — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  10. cc.gatech.edu/degree-programs/bachelor-science-computer-science — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  11. cc.gatech.edu/degree-programs/phd-computer-science — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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