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CIP 43.0404 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy.

A program that focuses on the study of strategy, policy, and standards regarding the security of and operations in cyberspace. Includes instruction in incident response, information assurance, recovery policies, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, threat reduction, and resiliency.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Cybersecurity Defense Strategy/Policy award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 43.0404. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years211
2025Associate degree14130
2025Certificate 2–4 years12
2025Bachelor degree20689
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate10127
2025Master degree14364
2025Certificate under 12 weeks13
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year21384
2024Certificate 1–2 years14
2024Associate degree1287
2024Certificate 2–4 years14
2024Bachelor degree16246
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate1076
2024Master degree9300
2024Certificate under 12 weeks220
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year14258
2023Certificate 1–2 years218
2023Associate degree1045
2023Certificate 2–4 years11
2023Bachelor degree13192
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate751
2023Master degree8206
2023Certificate under 12 weeks18
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year12188
2022Certificate 1–2 years215
2022Associate degree18
2022Bachelor degree9163
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate423
2022Master degree4152
2022Certificate under 12 weeks15
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year9184
2021Associate degree11
2021Bachelor degree5101
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate116
2021Master degree468
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year24
2020Certificate 2–4 years11
2020Bachelor degree768
2020Master degree344
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year411

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 43.0404 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 43 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

93 institutions

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