Cyber Skyline

The Cyber Power Rankings were created by Cyber Skyline in partnership with the National Cyber League (NCL). Every year, over 10,000 students from more than 500 colleges & universities and 100 high schools across the US participate in the NCL competitions. These rankings represent the ability of students from these schools to perform real-world cybersecurity tasks on the Cyber Skyline platform. Students had to identify hackers from forensic data, pentest & audit vulnerable websites, recover from ransomware attacks, and more. Schools are ranked based on their top team performance, their top student's individual performance, and the aggregate individual performance of their students.

Overall Rank	School	Team Rank	Individual Rank	Participation Rank
1	United States Military Academy	2	4	27
2	California State University - Chico	1	9	1
3	Colorado State University - Pueblo	5	10	4
4	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	3	16	9
5	Anderson University (SC)	8	8	11
6	University of Arizona	7	14	70
7	Eastern Michigan University	11	7	49
8	The SANS Technology Institute	6	22	7
9	George Mason University	9	20	49
10	Florida Institute of Technology	4	35	18
11	ECPI University	15	13	20
12	MacEwan University	16	12	30
13	Lewis University	18	18	119
14	Purdue University Fort Wayne	14	28	78
15	Baylor University	12	40	32
16	University of Louisville	32	6	56
17	Illinois State University	13	44	104
18	George Fox University	10	55	52
19	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott	20	38	59
20	Joliet Junior College	33	17	36
21	South Puget Sound Community College	29	26	68
22	University of North Georgia	24	37	14
23	Wichita State University	25	36	5
24	University of California, Berkeley	19	47	48
25	Southern New Hampshire University	17	58	19
26	Loyola University Chicago	30	32	59
27	The Citadel	39	15	16
28	University of Colorado at Boulder	21	50	130
29	College of Coastal Georgia	26	42	12
30	Augusta Technical College	22	49	130
31	Franklin University	34	27	158
32	Moorpark College	27	51	45
33	Cedarville University	43	23	12
34	Pace University	23	77	78
35	Western Governors University	44	43	3
36	Suffolk County Community College	35	68	140
37	University of Nevada, Reno	69	1	41
38	Rockland Community College	31	81	88
39	City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College	57	34	16
40	Purdue University	46	56	25
41	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	65	19	140
42	Palm Beach State College	40	70	140
43	DeVry University	28	97	38
44	Rowan University	42	74	6
45	The University of Tampa	48	66	8
46	Rogers State University	37	87	64
47	The University of Alabama	49	65	56
48	Miami Dade College	38	89	59
49	Rock Valley College	59	52	140
50	Eastern Florida State College	47	82	28
51	College of DuPage	62	57	170
52	University of Central Florida	76	30	113
53	Saddleback College	36	112	70
54	Minneapolis Community and Technical College	63	61	178
55	Okaloosa Technical College	79	39	41
56	Georgia State University	66	67	49
57	University of Southern California	67	69	104
58	Arcadia University	51	101	119
59	New Mexico State University	70	76	100
60	University of Rhode Island	56	111	88
61	Southern Utah University	60	103	140
62	Oklahoma City Community College	55	116	59
63	Appalachian State University	77	75	28
64	Biola University	64	102	140
65	California State University - San Bernardino	50	130	158
66	Purdue University Global	74	86	68
67	East Carolina University	71	96	104
68	Merritt College	58	123	78
69	Columbia Basin College	72	95	92
70	College of the Desert	61	117	100
71	Utah Tech University	45	151	178
72	Palomar College	53	139	26
73	George Stone Technical College	83	79	163
74	City College of San Francisco	54	138	163
75	Technical College of the Lowcountry	52	143	92
76	Marshall University	110	29	15
77	Lewis & Clark College	41	171	34
78	Bellevue University	91	71	56
79	Northern Kentucky University	73	107	119
80	The University of West Florida	106	54	47
81	College of William and Mary	90	91	2
82	Augusta University	99	73	104
83	Miracosta College	85	104	206
84	Utah State University	80	115	140
85	Houston Community College	86	108	20
86	Pennsylvania State University	84	114	119
87	Stanly Community College	105	72	193
88	Tennessee Technological University	126	31	78
89	Oklahoma City University	82	121	140
90	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	87	113	88
91	Chippewa Valley Technical College	104	88	64
92	Michigan Technological University	147	5	41
93	Champlain College	144	11	178
94	Wilmington University	123	60	41
95	Marymount University	100	106	151
96	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	98	119	163
97	Houston Christian University	88	140	74
98	Mt San Antonio College	94	129	38
99	Texas A&M University	127	63	64
100	Howard Community College	95	127	170

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