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Northwood University campus — Midland's Church Family Administration building
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Northwood University

Midland, MIPrivate nonprofit HLCNorthwood Online

NSA CAE-CD · 2025 - 2030

Northwood University is a private university with a residential campus in Midland, Michigan, and an online division. It offers a 120-credit Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, a 90-credit Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Cybersecurity Management, each listed for the Midland campus and online.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

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

Northwood University

Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity

Bachelor'sBASDedicated degreeBachelor of Applied Science
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Midland, MISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: in as few as three years (90-credit sequence)
Tuition: $525 per credit · All students — Northwood Online, face-to-face/online course · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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Northwood University

Bachelor of Business Administration in Cybersecurity Management

Bachelor'sBBADedicated degreeFirst-year entryBachelor of Business Administration
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Midland, MISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $525 per credit · All students — Northwood Online, face-to-face/online course · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: Cybersecurity Management
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Northwood University

Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeFirst-year entryBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Midland, MISchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $525 per credit · All students — Northwood Online, face-to-face/online course · 2026-2027
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: No specialization mapped
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1974 · next review 8/31/2028

    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 in Business Administration - Cybersecurity Management (POS-CD)

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

The school states: “Designated by the National Security Agency as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity” Source: northwood.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.

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…).
  • Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems (Bachelor of Business Administration)General information systems degree; no formal cybersecurity concentration found.Source: northwood.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
Northwood University
Control
Private nonprofit
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
4000 Whiting Dr, Midland, MI 48640-2398
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
1,029 of 2,360 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. northwood.edu/programs/ba-in-information-systems/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. northwood.edu/programs/cybersecurity-management/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. northwood.edu/programs/cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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