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Cybersecurity training in Nashville, Tennessee

10 cybersecurity programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

2 schools offer these cybersecurity programs with classes in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Information security analysts protect an organization's computer networks and systems. Most have a bachelor's degree in a computer field and work experience, though some start with a high school diploma plus industry training and certifications, and many employers prefer certified candidates.1 In Nashville, every program asks for a diploma or other schooling first, and all 10 are taught partly or fully online.

See the 10 programs

All 31 cybersecurity programs in Tennessee, including online programs

How much does cybersecurity training cost in Nashville?

$3,750 to $37,050

from the lowest-priced program to the highest, if you pay yourself

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Length
8 to 25 weeks

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Nashville may also offer cybersecurity training. How these figures are made

Is there free cybersecurity training in Nashville?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 10 cybersecurity programs in Nashville approved for WIOA funding

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10 programs

  • Cybersecurity (associate degree)HybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Computer Information Technology: Cyber Security Option

    Columbia State Community College

    Columbia

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Columbia State Community College, Columbia · Cybersecurity (associate degree) · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$34,600
    Price if you pay yourself$10,560
    Program website, Computer Information Technology: Cyber Security Option at Columbia State Community College
    More details about Computer Information Technology: Cyber Security Option at Columbia State Community College
    Finished
    27%
    Working at 6 months
    78%
    Earned in a quarter
    $8,656
    Length
    Not reported
    Cost of supplies
    $1,000
    Students counted
    196
    a year, estimated
    $34,600
    price
    $10,560

  • Cybersecurity certificate or diplomaHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Certified Professional

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Cybersecurity certificate or diploma · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$75,800
    Price if you pay yourself$18,750
    Program website, Cybersecurity Certified Professional at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Cybersecurity Certified Professional at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    90%
    Working at 6 months
    64%
    Earned in a quarter
    $18,946
    Length
    25 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $3,000
    Students counted
    88
    a year, estimated
    $75,800
    price
    $18,750

  • Security certification exam prepHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    CompTIA Certified Expert: Security+

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Security certification exam prep · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimated$38,900
    Price if you pay yourself$3,750
    Program website, CompTIA Certified Expert: Security+ at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about CompTIA Certified Expert: Security+ at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    98%
    Working at 6 months
    54%
    Earned in a quarter
    $9,718
    Length
    8 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    46
    a year, estimated
    $38,900
    price
    $3,750

  • Security certification exam prepHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Certified Expert: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Security certification exam prep · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,750
    Program website, Cybersecurity Certified Expert: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Cybersecurity Certified Expert: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,750

  • Security certification exam prepHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Microsoft Certified Expert: Microsoft 365 Certified Security Administrator Associate

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Security certification exam prep · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,750
    Program website, Microsoft Certified Expert: Microsoft 365 Certified Security Administrator Associate at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Microsoft Certified Expert: Microsoft 365 Certified Security Administrator Associate at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,750

  • Security certification exam prepHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Microsoft Certified Expert: Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Security certification exam prep · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,750
    Program website, Microsoft Certified Expert: Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Microsoft Certified Expert: Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,750

  • Security certification exam prepHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Certified Expert: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Security certification exam prep · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$3,850
    Program website, Cybersecurity Certified Expert: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Cybersecurity Certified Expert: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 9 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $570
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $3,850

  • Security certification exam prepHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Cisco Certified Expert: Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Security certification exam prep · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$7,500
    Program website, Cisco Certified Expert: Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Cisco Certified Expert: Cisco Certified CyberOps Professional at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    8 weeks, 18 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $250
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $7,500

  • Cybersecurity certificate or diplomaHybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Cloud Security Certified Professional: Azure and AWS

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Cybersecurity certificate or diploma · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$18,750
    Program website, Cloud Security Certified Professional: Azure and AWS at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Cloud Security Certified Professional: Azure and AWS at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    25 weeks, 24 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $2,850
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $18,750

  • Cybersecurity (associate degree)HybridHigh school diploma or equivalent

    Cloud Security

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville

    Nashville

    High school diploma or equivalent

    Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville, Nashville · Cybersecurity (associate degree) · Hybrid · High school diploma or equivalent

    Earned a year, estimatedNot reported
    Price if you pay yourself$37,050
    Program website, Cloud Security at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    More details about Cloud Security at Cybersecurity Institute at Lab Four Nashville
    Finished
    Not reported
    Working at 6 months
    Not reported
    Earned in a quarter
    Not reported
    Length
    73 weeks, 20 hours a week
    Cost of supplies
    $6,775
    Students counted
    Not reported
    a year, estimated
    Not reported
    price
    $37,050

How to pay for cybersecurity training in Nashville

WIOA funding can pay for cybersecurity training in Nashville

Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3Your state or local area may limit how much WIOA pays and for how long. If a program costs more, a Pell Grant, a scholarship or severance pay can cover the rest.4

Ask at an American Job Center

Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).5

Financial aid and grants for cybersecurity training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for cybersecurity training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply

Where the Nashville cybersecurity program numbers come from

Which Nashville cybersecurity programs are on this list?

These are the cybersecurity programs with classes in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin area that are approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Tennessee page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.

How Nashville cybersecurity program prices are reported

The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. "Trained with WIOA funding" on a program counts the people whose training there WIOA paid toward through a training account in program year 2024; the file never gives counts under 3, so a program without the line may still take WIOA students. It does not say how much of the price WIOA covered. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.

What the graduate results of these programs measure

The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.

Why do some cybersecurity programs say "Not reported"?

Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.

Why the kind of school is left off each program

The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.

Other training in Nashville

Sources for the facts about cybersecurity training in Nashville

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Information Security Analysts
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List