2025 Best Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Schools in the Southeast Region

Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #844 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 271 degrees in cybersecurity defense strategy/policy annually.

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• Best Overall Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Schools List

Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy in the Southeast Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the cybersecurity defense strategy/policy degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy

1

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

197 Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Degrees Awarded

71.1% Growth in Graduates

Kennesaw State University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in cybersecurity defense strategy/policy. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Kennesaw.More information about a degree in cybersecurity defense strategy/policy from Kennesaw State University

2

Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Degrees Awarded

41.7% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in cybersecurity defense strategy/policy has to check out Regent University. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a degree in cybersecurity defense strategy/policy from Regent University

Best Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy Colleges by State

Explore the best cybersecurity defense strategy/policy schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	0
North Carolina	710	21
Georgia	690	54
Virginia	630	23
Kentucky	518	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy

Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy is one of 8 different types of Security Science and Technology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Forensic Science and Technology	1,261
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	483
Criminalistics and Criminal Science	205
Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis	50
Security Science and Technology, General	47
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	36
Geospatial Intelligence	8

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.