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What are some good Cyber security undergrad Programs?
Kodak
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I know of Syracuse and Naval Academy, which both have good Cyber programs. Yes, I am aware of computer science but different admissions reps from different universities told me that a degree in Comp Sci, and a degree in Cyber Security are different. Its weird because Cyber Security undergrad programs are hard to find,and most schools only have computer science.
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By the way, what is your GPA and your SAT/ACT? This will help me predict whether you will get in or not.
I would say it's more of a square rectangle situation. Cybersecurity is a subset of CS for the most part. They aren't two incredibly distinct degrees. You should be sure to include schools with concentrations in cybersecurity for their CS degrees.
Northeastern and University of Maryland are both two schools under that category who have lots of connections to the government agencies and contractors who hire a good deal of cybersecurity workers.
Why is Syracuse on your list? They only have a masters program for it, and I'm not aware of any reputation they have for either CS or cybersecurity. They also don't even offer the cybersecurity concentration or some sort of undergraduate program that links to it as far as I found.
Computing and Security Technology
http://catalog.drexel.edu/undergraduate/collegeofcomputingandinformatics/computingandsecuritytechnology/
In addition to those mentioned above, here are two more programs:
U Texas - San Antonio: http://business.utsa.edu/it/index.aspx
George Washington - https://cps.gwu.edu/cybersecurity-bachelors
http://www.aces.umd.edu/about
Cybersec is typically not an undergrad major, but a concentration or classes taken within CS (you need a foundation in CS anyway).
RPI also has a cybersec student club that regularly places among the top teams at Cybersec competitions like CSAW. https://rpis.ec/about
You really should ask about budget with your parents, if you haven't already done so, before focusing on OOS or private schools that may be above what your family wants to or can pay.
Richard Bland or another community college -> Virginia Tech,
Or
A regular CS major with cybersecurity concentration or minor (Longwood has that and you'd have a shot)
Or
Radford has Information Security (look into it, it matches)
Or
Private universities that match your budget
Northeastern is out if reach, they want 30+ on the act (lots of 32's for CS)