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University of Missouri-St Louis

Saint Louis, MOPublic HLC

NSA CAE-CD · 2016 - 2028

The University of Missouri-St. Louis offers a joint interdisciplinary B.S. in Cybersecurity and a 30-credit M.S. in Cybersecurity, each with a Computer Science or an Information Systems and Technology emphasis and each completable in the evening or online. Its MBA also offers a Cybersecurity emphasis, and accelerated pathways link the bachelor's and master's degrees.

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.

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University of Missouri-St Louis

Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity

Bachelor'sBSDedicated degreeBachelor of Science
Format: Campus · Online
Location: Saint Louis, MOSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified
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: No specialization mapped
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University of Missouri-St Louis

MBA — Cybersecurity Concentration

Master'sMBAConcentrationMaster of Business Administration
Format: Campus · Hybrid · Flexible pace
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 credits
Tuition: $872 per credit · In-state — Graduate, Ed G. Smith College of Business (MBA, MSIST, MAcc, MS, PhD), resident · 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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University of Missouri-St Louis

Master of Science in Cybersecurity

Master'sMSDedicated degreeMaster of Science
Format: Campus · Online · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Saint Louis, MOSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Online attendance requirements not verified
Duration: Duration not verified · 30 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: No specialization mapped
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Accreditation

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1968 · next review 08/31/2029

    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: 2016 - 2028 · Designation for institutions whose validated program of study meets the NCAE-C cyber defense criteria.

    Validated program(s) of study listed in the directory: MS in Cybersecurity with Information Systems and Technology Emphasis (POS-CD)

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

The school states: “UMSL is designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) for Cyber Defense.” Source: umsl.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.

Scholarships and funding

School-wide awards, service scholarships and rates as published. Program pages list awards specific to a program.

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 Undergraduate CertificateUndergraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: umsl.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cybersecurity Graduate CertificateGraduate certificate, not a degree.Source: umsl.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Cybersecurity MinorMinor, not a degree.Source: umsl.edu · verified October 11, 2026
  • Organizational Leadership BA, Computing and Information Security Emphasis (Bachelor of Arts)Degree-completion leadership degree whose Computing and Information Security emphasis is 9 credit hours (information systems concepts, data networks and security, introduction to information security); not a substantial cybersecurity curriculum.Source: bulletin.umsl.edu · verified October 11, 2026

Institution

Official name
University of Missouri-St Louis
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
One University Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
2,600 of 14,800 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. bulletin.umsl.edu/programs/organizational-leadership-ba-computing-and-information-security-emphasis/ — Official catalog / bulletin, verified October 11, 2026
  2. NCAE-C institution directory (National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity) — Source, verified October 11, 2026
  3. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  5. DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  6. umsl.edu/business/graduate/degrees.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  7. umsl.edu/cybersecurity/ — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026
  8. umsl.edu/cybersecurity/scholarships/index.html — Official program page, verified October 11, 2026

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