Cybersecurity Certificates in the Phoenix area

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area

Programs

9 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$130,360

information security analysts, BLS May 2025

Cybersecurity Certificates in the Phoenix area at a glance

Open to the public: 16 programs: 16 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
Distance from Phoenix: 9 within 10 miles; nearest 0.4 miles, farthest 36.7 miles
Completions, 2023-24: 879 cybersecurity awards at the 14 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
Pay here: $130,360 median for information security analysts ($62.67 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $79,280 to $178,000; 2,590 employed in the metro area; Arizona median $125,260 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Completions	Miles
Rio Salado College	Tempe	Certificate	10	0.4
University of Phoenix-Arizona	Phoenix	Certificate	605	1.8
University of Advancing Technology	Tempe	Associate	3	2.3
Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Tempe	Certificate	9	2.7
GateWay Community College	Phoenix	Certificate	4	2.8
South Mountain Community College	Phoenix	Certificate	3	3.6
Mesa Community College	Mesa	Certificate	25	6.5
Phoenix College	Phoenix	Certificate	31	7.8
Scottsdale Community College	Scottsdale	Certificate	22	8.9
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix	Certificate	0	11.1
Chandler-Gilbert Community College	Chandler	Certificate	36	13.4
American InterContinental University System	Chandler	Certificate	26	13.7
Glendale Community College	Glendale	Certificate	51	16.3
Paradise Valley Community College	Phoenix	Certificate	11	16.7
Estrella Mountain Community College	Avondale	Certificate	43	21.4
Central Arizona College	Coolidge	Associate	0	36.7

College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, read October 8, 2026.

WIOA in Arizona: 1,069 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 25 of them Cybersecurity.
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