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CybersecurityDegrees

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, ARPrivate nonprofit HLCJBU Online

John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, offers a Cybersecurity major on campus and online, a 30-credit online Master of Science in Cybersecurity and an online MBA with a Cybersecurity concentration. A 4+1 accelerated program combines the bachelor's with a master's in cybersecurity in five years.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

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

John Brown University

Cybersecurity, B.S.

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entryBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Siloam Springs, ARSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $335 per credit · All students — JBU Online undergraduate degrees, per credit hour
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: No ABET or CAE record found
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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John Brown University

Cybersecurity, Master of Science (M.S.)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Siloam Springs, ARSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $650 per credit · All students — MS in Cybersecurity, 2026-27 · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: No ABET or CAE record found
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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John Brown University

MBA — Cybersecurity Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationMaster of Business Administration
Format: Fully online
Location: Siloam Springs, ARSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Students typically graduate within 2 years · 36 credits
Tuition: $650 per credit · All students — MBA (all concentrations), 2026-27 · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: No ABET or CAE record found
Specializations: Cybersecurity Management
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1962 · next review 08/31/2032

    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.

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…).
  • Cybersecurity Certificate (graduate)Certificate, not a degree.Source: jbu.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cybersecurity minorMinor, not a degree.Source: jbu.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
John Brown University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
2000 W University St, Siloam Springs, AR 72761
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
384 of 2,341 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 — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. jbu.edu/graduate/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. jbu.edu/graduate/degree-programs/ms-cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. jbu.edu/majors/cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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