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Best Cybercrime & Digital Forensics Schools Near Queens, NY
Updated September 6, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Queens, New York has 5 accredited schools offering cybercrime programs. Queens has a population of about 2,333,054. In the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, the top-earning cybercrime-related role is Information Security Analyst at a median $140,470 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Cybercrime Schools to Queens
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer cybercrime programs near Queens, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Queens city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
How We Rank Schools
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most
recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS).
To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked
against schools at the same credential level:
BOCSCORE
Graduation rate 30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry 25%
Average net price (lower is better) 20%
Retention rate 15%
Fully online availability 10%
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score.
On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Queens.
Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
BOC
Ranked by BOC Score — U.S. Dept. of Education outcome data. Advertising never affects rankings.
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all New York schools on the New York cybercrime page.
Cybercrime Wages Near Queens
Queens is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (BLS area code 35620). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to New York statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Information Security Analyst
$140,470
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$124,751
Detective and Criminal Investigator
$106,440
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$94,529
Computer Systems Analyst
$128,340
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
$113,979
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
How many accredited cybercrime schools are near Queens, NY?
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering cybercrime programs near Queens. The closest is St. John’s University-New York in Queens, NY (1.9 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is CUNY City College (9.3 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying cybercrime roles near Queens?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying cybercrime-related roles near Queens are: Information Security Analyst ($140,470), Computer Systems Analyst ($128,340), Detective and Criminal Investigator ($106,440). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with New York statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Valley Stream instead of Queens?
Valley Stream, NY is 7.6 miles from Queens and has its own set of local cybercrime programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 6, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
