UAB cybersecurity program ranked No. 1 - Yellowhammer News

Fortune ranked the University of Alabama at Birmingham's in-person master's degree in cybersecurity as the No. 1 program in the country. According to Fortune, there are nearly 770,000 cybersecurity job openings in the United States. "We are proud to be recognized for academic excellence by Fortune and named the nation's leading institution for graduate studies in cybersecurity," said UAB Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Pam Benoit. "UAB's Department of Computer Science has created an outstanding collaborative master's degree program that prepares students to lead careers solving the world's most challenging cybersecurity problems." Fortune's first-ever ranking of in-person cybersecurity master's degree programs compared 14 programs across the United States in three components: Selectivity Score, Success Score and Demand Score.