Computer & IS Security at Norfolk State University

What traits are you looking for in a computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance school? To help you decide if Norfolk State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance program.

Norfolk State is located in Norfolk, Virginia and approximately 5,457 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & IS Security section at the bottom of this page.

Norfolk State Computer & IS Security Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance

Online Classes Are Available at Norfolk State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Norfolk State offers distance education options for computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Norfolk State Computer & IS Security Rankings

Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Student Demographics at Norfolk State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance majors at Norfolk State University.

Norfolk State Computer & IS Security Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

In the computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 94% of degree recipients. That is 53% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Norfolk State University with a master's in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Norfolk State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	18,520	$93,860
Information Security Analysts	14,180	$111,780
Computer and Information Systems Managers	13,450	$173,290
Computer Network Architects	9,700	$123,050
Computer Network Support Specialists	6,970	$73,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.