Cybersecurity

College Search & Selection
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Can anyone recommend a strong undergrad cybersecurity program in northeast for a student with GPA in 3.5 range? Preferably one with national center for academic excellence in cyber designation? Know that top ones like RIT and Northeastern U maybe out of reach.

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UMD-college park

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https://www.nsa.gov/resources/students-educators/centers-academic-excellence/cae-co-centers/

and

http://www.iad.gov/NIETP/reports/cae_designated_institutions.cfm

So Towson University, SUNY Albany, Utica college, UMass Lowell, to name a few.

I think that an UW GPA of 3.5 may be too low for CS at UMD Ciollege Park.

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Ten miles away from NSA is UMBC. NSA also has a presence on the campus.
https://cybersecurity.umbc.edu/about/

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ODU - https://www.odu.edu/academics/programs/undergraduate/cybersecurity

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Here is a start…all have ug majors in cybersecurity (not concentrations/minors/certificates only, not MS degrees only):

U Southern New Hampshire, U Southern Maine, U Mass Dartmouth, Regis College, Roger Williams, Marist.

A little farther afield…George Mason

There are cybersecurity competitions that undergrad colleges compete in, so if you find the list of schools participating in those it could be helpful in not only identifying schools that offer cybersecurity programs, but determining their relative strengths.

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I wouldn’t draw that conclusion. Real world espionage has very little in common with CTF competitions.