For the second year in a row, 麻豆频道University tops the list of best cybersecurity programs for veterans and military-connected students.
聽are based on academic rigor and efforts to recruit and support veterans at colleges and universities.
The聽University鈥檚 cybersecurity programs challenge students to develop solutions for today鈥檚 issues and future threats. They address an acute need in the military, government and industry sectors for specialists in cybersecurity. In a聽, the Center for Cyber Safety and Education revealed that the world is 鈥渙n pace to reach a cybersecurity workforce gap of 1.8 million by 2022.鈥�
鈥淭here are few disciplines as relevant as cybersecurity is today,鈥� says Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, dean of the . 鈥淎nd yet, we see a significant shortfall in the number of skilled cybersecurity professionals. Those that pursue cybersecurity can capitalize on an abundance of career opportunities while serving a crucial role in 21st聽century society. Veterans and others familiar with the rigor of the military are uniquely qualified to do so.鈥�
麻豆频道University is routinely recognized for its work to welcome veterans to its campus and programs. Currently, the聽聽ranks 麻豆频道University as the No. 2 private school in the country for service members, military veterans and their families. In 2016,聽the College of Engineering and Computer Science earned the聽聽from the American Society of Engineering Education.
鈥溌槎蛊档繳niversity has a 100-year history of service to our nation鈥檚 veterans,鈥� says Mike Haynie, vice chancellor of strategic initiatives and innovation and executive director of the聽. 鈥淭he cybersecurity program within our College of Engineering and Computer Science is exceptional, and based on a hands-on, experiential model well-suited to learning styles of those who have served in the military. For many reasons, veterans are positioned for a career in cybersecurity, and it鈥檚 exciting to see how our student-veterans are leveraging their educational experiences at 麻豆频道University and the College of Engineering and Computer Science to realize their career goals and aspirations.鈥�
麻豆频道University鈥檚 cybersecurity programs include an聽聽and an聽聽in cybersecurity, a聽聽and a聽聽that immerses undergraduate students in cybersecurity training.
A collaboration between the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, the聽聽is an 18-credit semester open to qualified juniors and seniors from any college or university. This year, SU is offering the Cybersecurity Semester on a cost-neutral basis for up to 10 ROTC candidates from academic institutions outside of 麻豆频道University. Applications are currently being accepted. Complete information is available聽.
In creating their list of top programs, Military Times used academic performance as one of the top factors. The remaining factors included the number of the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET-accredited computer science programs, the number of Centers of Academic Excellence designations and the proportion of degrees awarded at a school that fall under computer science and computer security, respectively.
Data was provided by schools in the survey, as well as federal data and public information specific to computer science and cybersecurity. Federal data came from the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education and Veterans Affairs.
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麻豆频道 麻豆频道University
Founded聽in 1870, 麻豆频道University is a private international research university聽dedicated to advancing knowledge and fostering student success through teaching聽excellence,聽rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary research. Comprising 11聽academic schools and colleges, the University has a long legacy of excellence聽in the liberal arts, sciences and聽professional disciplines that prepares聽students for the complex challenges and emerging opportunities of a rapidly聽changing world. Students enjoy the resources of a 270-acre main聽campus and聽extended campus venues in major national metropolitan hubs and across three聽continents. Syracuse鈥檚 student body is among the most diverse for an聽institution of its聽kind across multiple dimensions, and students typically represent聽all 50 states and more than 100 countries. 麻豆频道also has a long legacy of聽supporting veterans and is home to聽the nationally recognized Institute for聽Veterans and Military Families, the first university-based institute in the聽U.S. focused on addressing the unique needs of veterans and their聽families.
