Cybersecurity Certificates in the Minneapolis area

Cybersecurity Certificates in the Minneapolis area at a glance

Open to the public

9 programs: 9 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)

Distance from Minneapolis

4 within 10 miles; nearest 4.2 miles, farthest 16.5 miles

Length on the WIOA list

8 listed programs give weeks: 30 to 180 weeks full time

Completions, 2023-24

147 cybersecurity awards at the 8 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)

On the WIOA list

8 of 9 on Minnesota's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 79% of exiters employed in the second quarter (7 report it); middle completion 44% (7 report it)

Pay here

$130,710 median for information security analysts ($62.84 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $84,030 to $167,890; 2,240 employed in the metro area; Minnesota median $130,710 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Cybersecurity programs, nearest to Minneapolis first

• College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
• WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
• Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, read October 8, 2026.

How metro areas and miles are measured

Paying for training

• WIOA in Minnesota: 5,227 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 73 of them Cybersecurity.
• Pell Grants for short programs
• Workforce Pell
• GI Bill