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John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)

New York, NYPublic MSCHE

NSA CAE-CD · 2025 - 2030

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) offers a BS in Computer Science and Information Security through its Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and a Master of Science in Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity (D4CS), with an accelerated BS/MS dual admission option linking the two. MS courses are offered on campus, typically on weekday evenings.

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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John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)

Master of Science in Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity (D4CS)

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Campus · Full-time, Part-time
Location: New York, NY
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 36 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: Digital Forensics
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Accreditation

  • Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since July 1, 1965 · next review 01/01/2031

    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: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science and Information Security (POS-CD)

    Source: maps.caecommunity.org · verified October 11, 2026

The school states: “John Jay states it was named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) by the NSA in May 2025.” Source: jjay.cuny.edu · verified October 11, 2026

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…).
  • Undergraduate Cybersecurity Bridge Certificate ProgramCertificate, not a degree.Source: jjay.cuny.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cyber Defense and Information Assurance CertificateCertificate, not a degree.Source: jjay.cuny.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Advanced Certificate in Applied Digital Forensic Science; Advanced Certificate in Computer Science for Digital ForensicsGraduate certificates, not degrees.Source: jjay.cuny.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Minor in Computer ScienceMinor, not a degree.Source: jjay.cuny.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,862 of 13,510 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. jjay.cuny.edu/academics/academic-departments/department-mathematics-computer-science/academics/compu — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. jjay.cuny.edu/academics/academic-departments/department-mathematics-computer-science/academics/compu — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. jjay.cuny.edu/academics/graduate-programs/graduate-programs-digital-forensics-cybersecurity — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. jjay.cuny.edu/academics/graduate-programs/graduate-programs-digital-forensics-cybersecurity/ms-digit — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  9. jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/news/john-jay-awarded-nsa-national-center-academic-excellence-cyber-defens — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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