BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CYBERSECURITY

Would you like to make the internet a safer place for generations to come? Do you have a competitive spirit? If so, you should consider a career in cybersecurity, a field that will have close to 460,000 job openings nationwide in 2025, according to Cyberseek. We will prepare you to excel in this high-growth industry.

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Be the go-to person that companies depend on

The University of New Haven's Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity program is one of the best in the country. Its research, program offerings, multidisciplinary approach, and performance in cyber competitions, among other factors led to The University of New Haven’s B.S. in Cybersecurity – Cyber Operations concentration to be redesignated as a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Operations (CO) by the National Security Agency until 2030. The University is one of only two schools in New England – and 23 in the country – to earn this distinction.

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It is impossible to overstate the importance of cybersecurity and network technology to businesses, industries, and government organizations. If their systems and programs don’t run smoothly, business and administration can be slow or even grind to a halt and the financial cost can be devastating. Our program will give you a solid understanding of both practical and conceptual cybersecurity and network technologies, including computer hardware, software, and design issues.

According to figures from Cyberseek, there will be 4,463 cybersecurity job openings in Connecticut and 457,398 openings nationwide in 2025, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 33% job growth for Information Security Analysts between 2023 and 2033, with 180,700 jobs reported in 2023.

The demand for cybersecurity professionals is outpacing the available workforce, creating exciting opportunities for those entering the field. With a growing need for skilled experts, now is the perfect time to pursue a career in cybersecurity.

Students take hands-on courses related to networking, network defense, cybersecurity, cyber forensics, mobile device forensics and exploitation, and reverse engineering. Our students are also involved in conducting leading-edge research in cybersecurity, cyber forensics and networking, even as undergraduates.

Our students are in high demand upon graduation, and have been offered opportunities by organizations such as MITRE, Accenture, IBM, Intel, and NTT security.

Explore all areas of the field

The Cybersecurity program will take you into areas such as network design, network administration, network security, and cyber forensics. You also will have an opportunity to complete a minor in a field that partners superbly with information technology — criminal justice and business, for example. Interested in going on to graduate school? This program prepares you for masters programs in national security, network systems, and computer science.

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What would your job title be? Starting out, you could be a network technician, applications developer, biomedical computing technician, or network security technician. With some years of job experience, think: network administrator or security manager. Our alumni work for companies large and small, school systems, and government agencies.

 

Career Opportunities with a Bachelor's Degree in cybersecurity

$104K

Information Systems Analyst

8.7% Growth 2024-2034

$105K

Database Administrator

Flat Growth 2024-2034

$97K

Network Systems Administrator

Flat Growth 2024-2034

The info provided is designed to show just a few of the many possible careers you could pursue with a Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity. The data includes median national salaries and industry growth projections*. *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (September, 2025). Salary data fluctuates frequently.

 

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CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program

The Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program is designed to recruit and train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to meet the needs of Federal, State, local, and tribal government. This program provides scholarships for cybersecurity undergraduate and graduate education, funded through grants awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). In return for the financial support, recipients must agree to work for the U.S. Government after graduation in a cybersecurity-related position, for a period equal to the length of the scholarship.

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This course provides students with The basic theoretical and practical foundations necessary for the investigation of computer- related or computer-assisted crimes. The discipline of cyber forensic science will be discussed with emphasis on the sub-discipline of computer forensics. Students learn the basics of acquiring digital evidence from storage media, then authenticating and analyzing it. Topics include: deleted file recovery, anti-forensics, rules of evidence, law as it relates to computer crime, computer crime scene search and seizure, memory forensics, introduction to file systems, e-mail forensics, and network forensics.
This course introduces students to the exciting world of ethical hacking (a.k.a. system penetration) tools and techniques, which have become commonly used by system administrators and networking specialists to secure their systems. The goal of the course is to expose students to groundbreaking methodologies in conducting thorough information security analysis as well as advanced penetration-testing techniques. This course is deeply technical in nature. Students taking this course will be able to perform intensive assessments required to effectively identify, exploit, and mitigate risks to the security of the organization's infrastructure. More precisely, it will be hands-on where students will use up-to-date tools like Kali-Linux and Metasploit. Students may also be required to implement their own prototypes or reproduce exploits.
This course takes an in-depth look at network defense principles and techniques. It examines theoretical concepts behind designing and evaluating secure network operations, and devising and rationalizing best possible countermeasures against feasible threats.
This hands-on, deeply technical course focuses on reverse engineering of software applications (e.g., Android applications, Windows executables) which is an essential technique for both defenders and attackers in the cyberspace. Students will work on different platforms, learn about the typical architecture, analyze traditional software/apps/malware, may crack/manipulate existing software, use debuggers, and work on byte code.
The theoretical and practical foundations necessary for the investigation of small scale digital devices (SSDDs). SSDDs include mobile phones, smartphones, tablets and BlackBerry, and any device that could potentially fit in your pocket, and their respective operating systems such as Android and iOS. Topics include: bagging and tagging SSDDs, logical and physical acquisition of SSDDs, analysis of SSDDs, authentication of SSDD evidence, evidence reconstruction, the various operating systems on SSDDs, SSDD ontology, and application artifacts found on SSDDs.
This course provides students with the theoretical and practical foundations necessary for the investigation of volatile memory. The discipline of digital forensics will be discussed and outlined with emphasis on the sub-discipline of memory forensics. Students will learn the techniques of acquiring digital evidence from volatile memory and analyzing it. Topics covered include: the volatility framework, Windows memory forensics, Windows objects and pool allocations, processes, handles and tokens, process memory internals, hunting malware in process memory, event logs, registry in memory, networking, Windows services, kernel forensics and rootkits, Windows GUI subsystems, disk artifacts in memory, event reconstruction and timelining.
Introduction of the C++ programming language and further topics in both C and C++. Problem-solving methods, algorithm development, and good programming style. Pointers, strings, structures, two-dimensional arrays, files, recursion, dynamic memory allocation and management, parameter passing mechanisms, and the use of pointers to process arrays and lists. Basic algorithms for searching, sorting, and simple numerical analysis. Programming assignments will include both numeric and non-numeric applications. Students whose prior experience is not in C programming will be asked to attend a 1-period bridge section for several weeks.
Techniques and tools for developing simple scripts in Python. Python and several libraries are introduced by a comparative approach and their applications to varied tasks are explored.

The University of New Haven offers a wide variety of in-depth courses that create a transformational educational experience for our students. To view the complete list of courses you'll take while pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, check out the Academic Catalog:

Cybersecurity, B.S. - General Concentration

Cybersecurity, B.S. - Cyber Operations Concentration

Cybersecurity, B.S. - Network Security Concentration

Data Science Minor

Information Technology Minor

 

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University of New Haven Launches State of Connecticut-Supported AI for Cybersecurity Concentration

Led by Mehdi Mekni, Ph.D., the University of New Haven is embedding artificial intelligence directly into its Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity to help address Connecticut’s growing workforce demand for AI-enabled cyber professionals. It is supported by a grant from the state’s Tech Talent Accelerator 3.0 program.

Cybersecurity Graduate Student Wins Statewide Capture the Flag Competition

Ronnie Scarpa ’25, ’26 M.S. earned the top spot in the solo bracket of an immersive Capture the Flag competition hosted at the BSidesCT cybersecurity conference.

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