University of New Haven Online Master of Science in Cyber Risk Management

This is a fully asynchronous online master's built for people moving toward security management, not hands-on technical work. It runs 30 credits in about 1.5 years, costs $1,185 per credit, and is designed to prepare you for the CISM and CISSP certifications. Public safety personnel get a 50% tuition discount, which changes the math for them.

The University of New Haven is a private nonprofit university in West Haven, Connecticut. Its Master of Science in Cyber Risk Management is a 100% online program, fully asynchronous, so you complete the work on your own schedule.

The program takes 30 credits and about 1.5 years. The curriculum blends technical cybersecurity with leadership, and it ends with a Cybersecurity Strategic Planning Capstone where you work out how an organization should protect itself.

This is one of the university's two online cyber master's degrees. The other, Cyber Threat Intelligence and Financial Crimes Investigations, is aimed at investigators. The campus M.S. in Cybersecurity is on-campus only.

You would earn a Master of Science in Cyber Risk Management. The school says the program prepares students for industry certifications including CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) and CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).

Preparing for an exam is different from being handed the credential. Both are separate exams with their own experience requirements, so ask which courses cover which exam topics and whether fees for the exams are included.

The university's graduation rate is 63%, a school-wide figure covering all programs.

Where this degree can lead: Cybersecurity Degree Jobs.

Who It Fits

• You're heading toward a manager, risk, governance or security leadership role and want a degree plus certification preparation.
• You work in public safety, such as policing or fire service, and can use the 50% tuition discount.
• You want a faster finish: the school's estimate is 1.5 years.
• You've decided to sit for CISM or CISSP, two widely recognized management-focused credentials.

Who Should Skip It

• You want to spend most of your time in hands-on technical labs, such as malware analysis or penetration testing. This degree leans toward risk and strategy.
• You want an investigations focus. The university's Cyber Threat Intelligence and Financial Crimes Investigations degree fits that better.
• You need a low tuition bill. At $1,185 per credit, 30 credits is $35,550.

The courses the school highlights tell you where the degree leans: Contemporary Issues in Cybersecurity, Leadership and Team Building, and the Cybersecurity Strategic Planning Capstone. Those are management and planning subjects, not a lab-heavy technical sequence.

The capstone is the piece most likely to matter to an employer. A strategic planning project lets you walk into an interview with a concrete example of how you'd assess risk and set priorities for a company.

The school says the program blends technical cybersecurity skills with leadership. Ask for the full list of required courses so you can see how much of the 30 credits is technical.

Courses the School Names

• Cybersecurity Strategic Planning Capstone
• Contemporary Issues in Cybersecurity
• Leadership and Team Building

Standout Features

• Prepares students for industry certifications including CISM and CISSP
• Public safety personnel receive a 50% tuition discount

The 2026-2027 online graduate rate is $1,185 per credit with no general fee. Over 30 credits that is $35,550.

Students who enrolled in an online program before Fall 2025 pay an older rate of $921 per credit, so don't be surprised if a current student quotes you a lower number. New students pay the current rate.

Public safety personnel receive a 50% discount, which would put their tuition at roughly half of $35,550. Ask the school how it verifies eligibility and whether the discount applies to every course.

30 credits at $1,185 a credit comes to $35,550 in tuition, before fees.

The program is completely asynchronous, so there are no live class meetings to schedule around. That works well for people on rotating shifts, including the public safety personnel the discount is aimed at.

The tradeoff is that asynchronous study asks for self-discipline. Ask how instructors stay in touch with students, how long they take to respond, and whether group work in the leadership coursework is done on a deadline.

Federal enrollment data shows 18% of the university's graduate students study exclusively online, so online learners are a minority on campus.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

• The tuition is $1,185 per credit, so $35,550 for the full degree.
• The coursework leans toward strategy and leadership, which isn't the right fit if you want a heavily technical lab experience.
• Certification preparation does not mean certification. You'll still need to pass and meet experience rules for the CISM and CISSP.

• Which courses line up with the CISM and CISSP exam topics?
• How are hands-on cybersecurity skills taught in an asynchronous program?
• What is the full list of required courses, and how much is technical?
• How does the 50% public safety discount work, and who qualifies?
• How are students supported in the Cybersecurity Strategic Planning Capstone?
• How many start dates are there each year?

• Best Self-Paced Programs Rank 4 of 4, master's

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Also at University of New Haven, but not counted here because they are not fully online: Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity (bachelor's, on campus); Master of Science in Cybersecurity (master's, on campus).

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