Student/Degree Programs in Cybersecurity

Overview

Studying cybersecurity opens the door to one of the fastest-growing and most rewarding career fields in today’s digital world. Whether you are a student preparing for the future or a professional looking to make a career change by upskilling/reskilling, cybersecurity offers:

  • High Demand: Organizations across every sector—business, healthcare, government, and education—need skilled professionals to protect their systems and data.
  • Diverse Career Paths: From security analyst, penetration tester, and cloud security specialist to digital forensics expert and risk manager, opportunities exist at every level.
  • Competitive Salaries: With a global shortage of cybersecurity talent, employers offer attractive compensation and career advancement potential.
  • Impactful Work: Cybersecurity professionals safeguard sensitive information, protect privacy, and help organizations respond to evolving threats.

At Salem State University, the Cyber Range Training Center provides the perfect place to start your journey. Through hands-on labs, simulations, and real-world training, students and professionals can build practical skills, gain confidence, and prepare for success in this critical field.

Education Programs

Undergraduate

Criminal Justice

Cybercrime Minor
The minor in cybercrime provides students with a strong, focused, foundation of the legal, technical, investigative, behavioral, and ethical issues faced by the public and private sector law enforcement and asset protection community. 

Security Management Minor
The criminal justice security management minor provides students with understanding of the criminological theories and practical approaches to Homeland security, national defense, emergency management, cybercrime and cyber security, private security and loss prevention, and related fields and topics. 

 

Marketing and Decision Sciences

Information and Data Science Concentration
The information and data science concentration, formerly known as management information systems (MIS) involves the application of  information technologies to solve business problems and explore opportunities. Students acquire foundational knowledge to enable business innovation in emerging areas such as digital platforms, big data, cloud computing, e-commerce, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. Students will develop technical skills in project management, data science, IT networks, cybersecurity, IT systems analysis and design. 

Information and Data Science Minor 
The minor in information and data science is offered by the department of marketing and decision sciences. This minor gives you the opportunity to add to your skill set in information technology and systems; technologies that are highly essential for success in the business world. A key requirement for today’s organization is how information and IT systems are organized, managed, used to make effective decisions, and improve the management of an organization.

Information and Cybersecurity Management Certificate
This certificate program will provide students with an essential background to understand information security issues and to prepare them for a career as a certified information systems security professional.  

Workforce Development Training

  • Empowering Massachusetts with cybersecurity skills for tomorrow's workforce: Salem State University Training Centers is a leading provider of technology and workforce development programs across Massachusetts. We serve students, municipalities, federal agencies, and small businesses by offering intensive, hands-on non-credit training designed to meet today's workforce needs.
  • Through our training centers, individuals and organizations gain access to practical, applied cybersecurity education that builds technical and operational expertise. Our programs are tailored to suppoer upskilling, reskilling, and preparing professionals to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity talent across the state.

Opportunities for Students

Work in the Cyber Range

Work in the Cyber Range Gain hands-on technical experience supporting the Cyber Lab as a student employee this year.

Cyber Range Lab Support Position
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