¹ Brooks, C. (2023, May 5). Cybersecurity Trends & Statistics; More Sophisticated And Persistent Threats So Far in 2023. Forbes. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

² KnowledgeHut. (2023, Dec. 25). Cyber Security Demand: 2024 Skills to Learn. Retrieved March 12, 2024. 

³ Morgan, S. (2023, April 14). Cybersecurity Jobs Report: 3.5 Million Unfilled Positions In 2025. Cyber Crime Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2024. 

⁴ The earnings referenced were reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Information Security Analysts as of May 2022, Retrieved March 13, 2023. Due to COVID-19, data from 2020 to 2022 may be atypical compared to prior years. BLS calculates the median using salaries of workers nationwide with varying levels of education and experience. It does not reflect the earnings of GCU graduates as information security analyst, nor does it reflect the earnings of workers in one city or region of the country or a typical entry-level salary. Median income is the statistical midpoint for the range of salaries in a specific occupation. It represents what you would earn if you were paid more money than half the workers in an occupation, and less than half the workers in an occupation. It may give you a basis to estimate what you might earn at some point if you enter this career. Grand Canyon University can make no guarantees on individual graduates’ salaries. Your employability will be determined by numerous factors over which GCU has no control, such as the employer the graduate chooses to apply to, the graduate’s experience level, individual characteristics, skills, etc. against a pool of candidates. 

Approved by Dr. Pam Rowland on April 5, 2024