BS in Cybersecurity Career Outlook

Build Your Technical Expertise for In-Demand Cybersecurity Careers

Launch a successful career in cybersecurity with an online bachelor’s degree from The American Women’s College of Bay Path University. You’ll graduate prepared to keep valuable data secure, making you an asset in all types of organizations.

• Computer and information technology employment is projected to grow 15% from 2021 to 2031¹
• The online BS in Cybersecurity is designed to deliver foundational cybersecurity knowledge and specialized training in a chosen major area
• Bay Path University has been named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity for Cyber Defense through 2027 for its Digital Forensics and Incident Response program

Excel in a Growing Industry

In our digitally connected world, every business relies on cybersecurity professionals to identify, evaluate, and manage potential data threats. The skills you gain in the online BS in Cybersecurity program will allow you to enter the cybersecurity field as a trained expert, ready to succeed in a wide range of roles.

• Revenue in the cybersecurity market is projected to reach $173.5 billion in 2023⁶
• The median annual wage for computer and information technology occupations was $97,430 in May 2021¹
• Around 682,800 new jobs are expected to be added to the market from 2021 to 2031¹

By Graduation, You’ll Have Skills to:

• Understand current approaches to detect, deter, and investigate incidences related to digital crime activity
• Understand the latest digital forensic tools and techniques
• Understand current issues relating to digital forensics and determine the best practices for attending to them based on available resources and tools, and the overall needs of the organization
• Demonstrate knowledge of the tools and techniques utilized to assure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an organization’s data assets
• Recommend policy, practices, and procedures required to ensure accuracy, authenticity, utility, and possession of data, and recognize the needs of the organization for access as well as security
• Utilize critical thinking skills by demonstrating proficiency in the ability to research, understand, and communicate appropriate responses based on best practices, to test a variety of information assurance threats
• Understand various stakeholder perspectives and frameworks for assessing risk
• Describe and explain ways to mitigate risk across an enterprise
• Describe best practices for the documentation and communication of risk to various stakeholders

Skills You’ll Gain

• Programming languages
• Computer networking
• Data privacy principles
• Applied computing
• Research and writing for IT