Master of Science in Cybersecurity
American National University's Master of Science in Cybersecurity is designed to help you build the expertise needed to lead in a rapidly growing field. The program focuses on developing the skills required to design, implement, and manage effective cybersecurity solutions that help prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats.
Become a Highly Sought After Cybersecurity Professional
American National University’s Master of Science in Cybersecurity is designed to help you build the expertise needed to lead in a rapidly growing field. The program focuses on developing the skills required to design, implement, and manage effective cybersecurity solutions that help prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats.
This graduate program is well suited for both current cybersecurity professionals and information technology practitioners looking to expand their expertise. Students gain a broad, practical foundation across key areas such as intelligence, computer forensics, IT management, and security engineering, helping them strengthen their qualifications and advance their careers.
As cyber threats continue to increase, organizations rely on highly trained cybersecurity professionals to protect their networks, data, and systems. ANU’s cybersecurity program prepares graduates to meet this growing demand with confidence and real-world skill.
Where could your degree take you?
- Cyber Vulnerability Researcher
- Information Assurance Analyst
- Principal Information Security Engineer
- Security Control Assessor
- Cybersecurity Infrastructure Specialist
- Incident Manager
Your learning experience
As a student in ANU's Master of Science in Cybersecurity program, you will learn:
A strong foundation in theoretical principles, tools, and methods behind security policies, standards, and procedures to address business and technical skills. This can include developing security governance reports to evaluate enterprise compliance. Along with these standards, you will learn critical thinking and professional judgement to design and implement cybersecurity solutions tailored to the needs of businesses and organizations.
An expertise in best practices for information security, including, but is not limited to, advanced prevention, detection, countermeasures, and recovery strategies. Additionally, you will explore key IT processes and challenges, such as systems engineering, computer networking, database technologies, web development, IT governance, and information assurance to better understand today's modern organizational needs.
To implement sescurity training to employees and network users, provide management solutions to teams, and collect evidence to support comprehensive cybersecurity plans and how they affect businesses and their development.
How to develop project plans for a security assessment using frameworks like the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to ensure thorough and strategic execution.
All students enrolled in the program must complete 50 hours of practicum training each term.
The ANU MSC program will also prepare you to sit for a number of optional certification exams, including:
Online Tuition Comparison
Total tuition for an master's degree in Cybersecurity at ANU is only $20,944. Large online colleges with course-based programs are 5% – 64% higher and do not include fees or textbooks.(1) ANU tuition includes all fees (application, course, technology, graduation, etc.), textbooks, and lab equipment (where applicable).
Sources & Citations
(1) Online tuition pages on the internet at:
- Liberty University — $615 PG part time credit, plus fees & textbooks (Viewed 10/22/24)
- SNHU — $637/ch PG, plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
- Walden — $555/qch MS CYB/IT, plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
- Purdue Global — $420–700/qch PG out-of-state, plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
- National University — $442 per quarter credit PG, plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
- ECPI — MS CYB/MBA $720/ch, plus fees (viewed 10/23/24)
- University of Phoenix — $698 PG, plus fees & textbooks (Viewed 10/22/24)
- South University — PG ~$3200/quarter (6–9 credits), plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
- Sullivan University — programs listed separately, plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
- Capella — PG $450–830/qch, plus fees & textbooks (viewed 10/22/24)
Required Courses
For all courses: See catalog for complete course descriptions and prerequisites.
All program admission criteria must be satisfied prior to admission to the program.
*All students enrolled in the program must complete 50 hours of practicum training each term.
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