Best Cyber Security / Computer Science schools in East Coast

College Search & Selection
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<p>Looking for top CS schools in East coast with a cyber security focus to transfer too</p>

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<p>Pitt
University of Maryland
George Mason
Northeastern
Champlain College</p>

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<p>CMU, but do you have the credentials? </p>

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<p>most likely not up to par for cmu</p>

<p>3.7 GPA
undergrad research
teaching assistant
clubs</p>

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<p>UMD is pretty good, and this is ground zero for the industry so you should be able to land a nice internship and job (if you want to stay in the area).</p>

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<p>yeah I’ve been looking into it, not sure if its worth the costs but I think I would really like the school</p>

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<p>UMD has connections to NSA if that matters to you.</p>

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<p>UMD has recently partnered with MITRE Corp to provide a Cyber Security Center of Excellence at NIST</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for the information, Im highly considering UMD… Does anyone know how competitive the transfer process is? anyone have experience with transferring?</p>

<p>I have a 3.6-3.7 gpa
-doing undergrad research with Cyber Security
-Teaching Assistant
-clubs
-deans list</p>

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<p>Check out Towson,too, for NSF scholarships for cyber security .
<a href=“http://cis1.towson.edu/~cisweb/about-us-2/cybersecurity/”>http://cis1.towson.edu/~cisweb/about-us-2/cybersecurity/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;