The 50 colleges that score highest for Cybersecurity on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Southern California | CA | Median earnings $185,167 (field-wide) · 49 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $112,554 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Northeastern University | MA | Median earnings $153,898 (field-wide) · 22 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $94,106 (field-wide) · 155 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $94,829 · 315 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | University of Miami | FL | Median earnings $102,484 · 31 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | UT | Median earnings $118,606 · 245 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $69,491 · 65 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | Purdue University-Main Campus | IN | Median earnings $111,915 (field-wide) · 144 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $93,841 · 52 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $94,053 (field-wide) · 200 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | Median earnings $138,679 · 120 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | FL | Median earnings $90,953 (field-wide) · 124 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of Tulsa | OK | Median earnings $109,332 (field-wide) · 13 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $94,496 (field-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Cruz | CA | Median earnings $94,589 · 107 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $76,836 · 132 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | University at Albany | NY | Median earnings $95,885 · 89 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | Median earnings $138,468 (field-wide) · 27 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | University at Buffalo | NY | Median earnings $105,160 (field-wide) · 29 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | Drexel University | PA | Median earnings $101,488 · 76 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $98,055 · 65 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | The University of Tampa | FL | Median earnings $99,980 · 75 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Florida International University | FL | Median earnings $74,002 (field-wide) · 112 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | Kennesaw State University | GA | Median earnings $95,958 · 148 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | Old Dominion University | VA | Median earnings $95,485 (field-wide) · 251 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | Saint Louis University | MO | Median earnings $79,574 (field-wide) · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $61,633 · 38 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | DePaul University | IL | Median earnings $113,645 · 43 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $73,880 · 33 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Hofstra University | NY | Median earnings $88,137 (field-wide) · 21 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | AZ | Median earnings $62,668 (college-wide) · 263 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | United States Military Academy | NY | Earnings not published · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | United States Air Force Academy | CO | Earnings not published · 42 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | Bentley University | MA | Median earnings $122,075 · 11 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Champlain College | VT | Median earnings $108,466 · 204 graduates last year · 34% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | United States Naval Academy | MD | Earnings not published · 58 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | University of Missouri-St Louis | MO | Median earnings $102,723 (field-wide) · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | MD | Median earnings $74,808 · 66 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $76,166 (field-wide) · 154 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | TX | Median earnings $88,585 · 419 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | NY | Median earnings $80,090 · 315 graduates last year · 11% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of New Haven | CT | Median earnings $63,360 · 126 graduates last year · 13% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Touro University | NY | Median earnings $98,376 · 12 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | SC | Median earnings $65,574 (field-wide) · 92 graduates last year · 15% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Sacred Heart University | CT | Median earnings $69,840 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Washington State University | WA | Median earnings $119,366 (field-wide) · 109 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | WV | Median earnings $62,455 · 122 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | MI | Median earnings $96,369 (field-wide) · 22 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Capitol Technology University | MD | Median earnings $85,035 (college-wide) · 16 graduates last year · 33% of the school's degrees |
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