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St Petersburg College campus — The Northwest corner of the Saint Petersburg College Downtown Center, in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida USA.
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St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FLPublic HLC

NSA CAE-CD · 2019 - 2029

St. Petersburg College in Florida offers a fully online Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity for students who hold a cybersecurity associate degree or certificate. Its Technology Development and Management bachelor's degree also lists a Cybersecurity Management subplan; associate degrees and certificates in cybersecurity are offered as well.

Verified cybersecurity degrees

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

St Petersburg College

Cybersecurity B.A.S. Degree

Bachelor'sBASDedicated degreeCredential pathwayBachelor of Applied Science
Format: Fully online
Location: St. Petersburg, FLSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $122.70 per credit · In-state — Upper division (3000-4999), Florida residents
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation and designation: School designated CAE-CDNSA CAE designation of the institution, not accreditation
Specializations: Information Assurance
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St Petersburg College

BAS in Technology Development and Management — Cybersecurity Management Concentration

Bachelor'sBASConcentrationDegree completionBachelor of Applied Science
Format: Online · Hybrid
Location: St. Petersburg, FLSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
Tuition: $122.70 per credit · In-state — Upper division (3000-4999), Florida residents
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 June 25, 2026 · next review 08/31/2030

    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 January 1, 1931 · next review 06/13/2028

    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: 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: Cybersecurity A.S. Degree (POS-CD); Cybersecurity B.A.S Degree

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

The school states: “Designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense; NSA validation of the BAS in Cybersecurity through 2031.” Source: spcollege.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…).
  • Cybersecurity A.S. Degree (Associate in Science)Associate degree.Source: spcollege.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cybersecurity CertificateCertificate, not a degree.Source: spcollege.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cybersecurity A.A. Transfer Plan (Associate in Arts)Associate-level transfer plan, not a bachelor's degree at SPC.Source: spcollege.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
St Petersburg College
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
244 Second Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
9,849 of 23,350 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. spcollege.edu/future-students/degrees-training/technology/cybersecurity — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  6. spcollege.edu/future-students/degrees-training/technology/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-bas-degree — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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