Cybersecurity Certificates in the Houston area

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area

Programs

1 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$126,370

information security analysts, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$5,000

of 1 with a cost, DOL WIOA list

Cybersecurity Certificates in the Houston area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 5 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 1 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Houston: 1 within 10 miles; nearest 6.5 miles, farthest 31.4 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 6 list one: $5,000 (DOL WIOA list)
Completions, 2023-24: 82 cybersecurity awards at the 5 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 6 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $126,370 median for information security analysts ($60.75 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $74,290 to $178,560; 2,110 employed in the metro area; Texas median $129,890 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Completions	Miles
Alvin Community College	Alvin	Certificate	Not reported	34	6.5
College of the Mainland	Texas City	Certificate	Not reported	20	17.5
University of St Thomas	Houston	Associate	Not reported	14	18.7
Vijay Computer Academy (vca)WIOA list	Sugar Land	WIOA list only	$5,000		22.0
Lee College	Baytown	Certificate	Not reported	8	24.5
Brazosport College	Lake Jackson	Certificate	Not reported	6	31.4

WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 123 of them Cybersecurity.
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