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Murray State University

Murray, KYPublic SACSCOCMurray State Online

NSA CAE-CD · 2019 - 2029

Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, offers a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Network Management (on campus and online) with tracks including Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics and Industrial Cybersecurity, and an online Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management. Its business college also offers an Information Security concentration in the M.S. in Information Systems and a Cybersecurity concentration in the MBA.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

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

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Murray State University

Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Network Management

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Murray, KYSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Internship required
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $438.75 per credit · All students — Online BS in CNM / Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, per credit hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: Digital Forensics · Incident Response · Critical Infrastructure Security
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Murray State University

MBA — Cybersecurity Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationMaster of Business Administration
Format: Fully online
Location: Murray, KYSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: as few as 12-18 months (accelerated seven-week terms) · 30 credits
Tuition: $618.25 per credit · All students — Graduate, Business Administration (resident, non-resident and online rate), per hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: January 5, 2027 · Spring 2027 (Spring 1, online, starts January 12, 2027)
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Fully online
Location: Murray, KYSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: as few as 12-18 months (accelerated seven-week terms) · 30 credits
Tuition: $618.25 per credit · All students — Graduate, Cybersecurity Management (resident, non-resident and online rate), per hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: January 5, 2027 · Spring 2027 (Spring 1, starts January 12, 2027)
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: Cybersecurity Management · Governance, Risk & Compliance
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MS in Information Systems — Information Security Concentration

Master'sMSConcentrationMaster of Science
Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Murray, KYSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: as little as 15 to 18 months taking three courses per semester (three courses per semester) · 30 credits
Tuition: $618.25 per credit · All students — Graduate, Information Systems (resident, non-resident and online rate), per hour · 2026-2027
Next deadline: January 5, 2027 · Spring 2027 (Spring 1, online, starts January 12, 2027)
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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Accreditation

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

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1928 · next review 06/01/2030

    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: 2019 - 2029 · 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 in Cybersecurity and Network Management Cybersecurity Emphasis (POS-CD)

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

The school states: “Center for Cybersecurity and Network Management recognized by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).” Source: murraystate.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…).
  • Minor in CybercrimeMinor, not a degree.Source: murraystate.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity Risk ManagementCertificate, not a degree.Source: murraystate.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cybersecurity Analyst CertificateUndergraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: murraystate.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Murray State University
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
218 Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071-3318
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,032 of 9,841 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 — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. murraystate.edu/programs/cob/cybersecurity-risk.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. murraystate.edu/programs/cob/information-security.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. murraystate.edu/programs/cob/mgt-mba-cybersecurity.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. murraystate.edu/programs/cset/cybersecurity-management.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  9. murraystate.edu/programs/cset/eng-cyber-analyst.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  10. murraystate.edu/programs/cset/eng-cybercrime.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  11. murraystate.edu/programs/cset/eng-cybersecurity.aspx — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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