Best Information Security Analyst programs in Illinois, ranked by enrollment
Plan, implement, upgrade, or monitor security measures for the protection of computer networks and information. Assess system vulnerabilities for security risks and propose and implement risk mitigation strategies.
88 schools in Illinois run programs that feed this job, graduating 13,464 people a year. The job pays a median of $124,180 in Illinois across about 5,260 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Illinois that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
8 programs in Illinois that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Illinois (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Illinois page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 11.0701In Illinois → | 5,709 | 42.4% | 42 | $70,374 | $23,250 |
| 2 | CIP 11.0103In Illinois → | 4,799 | 35.6% | 28 | $57,986 | $24,286 |
| 3 | CIP 11.0901In Illinois → | 1,379 | 10.2% | 37 | $43,901 | $22,822 |
| 4 | CIP 11.1003In Illinois → | 1,212 | 9.0% | 45 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
| 5 | CIP 11.1002In Illinois → | 226 | 1.7% | 6 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
| 6 | CIP 11.1001In Illinois → | 96 | 0.7% | 13 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
| 7 | CIP 43.0403In Illinois → | 22 | 0.2% | 1 | $40,889 | $25,000 |
| 8 | CIP 11.1005In Illinois → | 21 | 0.2% | 2 | $48,185 | $25,250 |
Top 25 schools in Illinois
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 25 of the 88 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeVry University - Illinois Lisle, IL Private for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 4,559 | Information Technology | — | 37% | $32,381 | 98% |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Champaign, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 1,684 | Computer Science | $124,530 | 85% | — | 42% |
| 3 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 1,200 | Computer Science | $86,005 | 75% | $19,899 | 55% |
| 4 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 586 | Computer Science | $78,040 | 62% | — | 77% |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 454 | Computer Science | $117,578 | 96% | $13,333 | 4% |
| 6 | Lewis University Romeoville, IL Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 419 | Computer Science | $60,726 | 67% | $17,632 | 71% |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL Public · 2 feeder programs | 358 | Computer Science | $77,257 | 49% | — | 70% |
| 8 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 336 | Computer Science | $99,981 | 95% | $14,799 | 8% |
| 9 | University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL Public · 2 feeder programs | 329 | Computer Science | $72,657 | 53% | — | 86% |
| 10 | Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL Public · 2 feeder programs | 300 | Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | — | 21% | — | — |
| 11 | Governors State University University Park, IL Public · 3 feeder programs | 249 | Computer Science | $52,115 | 22% | — | 48% |
| 12 | Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, IL Public · 4 feeder programs | 248 | System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager | — | 40% | — | — |
| 13 | DePaul University Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 204 | Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance | $79,863 | 68% | $28,141 | 76% |
| 14 | Illinois State University Normal, IL Public · 4 feeder programs | 165 | Computer Science | $81,363 | 65% | — | 88% |
| 15 | College of Lake County Grayslake, IL Public · 4 feeder programs | 153 | Information Technology | — | 37% | — | — |
| 16 | College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL Public · 2 feeder programs | 148 | Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | — | 25% | — | — |
| 17 | Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL Private not-for-profit · 4 feeder programs | 141 | Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | — | 70% | $20,794 | 74% |
| 18 | Roosevelt University Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 131 | Computer Science | $41,976 | 35% | $21,085 | 97% |
| 19 | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL Public · 3 feeder programs | 125 | Computer Science | $62,831 | 22% | — | 75% |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Carbondale, IL Public · 3 feeder programs | 125 | Computer Science | $70,053 | 62% | — | 87% |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 89 | Computer Science | $76,106 | 57% | — | 97% |
| 22 | City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL Public · 2 feeder programs | 88 | Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance | — | 31% | — | — |
| 23 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 83 | Computer Science | — | 73% | $33,454 | 82% |
| 24 | Southwestern Illinois College Belleville, IL Public · 4 feeder programs | 78 | Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | — | 36% | — | — |
| 25 | Chicago State University Chicago, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 75 | Computer Science | — | 15% | — | 43% |
All 88 schools in Illinois
Every school in Illinois with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeVry University - Illinois | Lisle | Private for-profit | 4,559 | 2 |
| University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign | Champaign | Public | 1,684 | 1 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 1,200 | 4 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | Public | 586 | 1 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 454 | 1 |
| Lewis University | Romeoville | Private not-for-profit | 419 | 3 |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public | 358 | 2 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston | Private not-for-profit | 336 | 1 |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | Public | 329 | 2 |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public | 300 | 2 |
| Governors State University | University Park | Public | 249 | 3 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public | 248 | 4 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 204 | 4 |
| Illinois State University | Normal | Public | 165 | 4 |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public | 153 | 4 |
What information security analysts earn in Illinois
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $129,180. Illinois pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Illinois
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Information Security Analysts page.
How to become a Information Security Analyst
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Illinois
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 9 majors mapped to Information Security Analysts9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 11.0103Information Technology
- 11.0701Computer Science
- 11.0901Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
- 11.1001Network and System Administration/Administrator
- 11.1002System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager
- 11.1003Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
- 11.1005Information Technology Project Management
- 43.0403Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism
- 51.0723Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security
Common questions
Answers for people weighing information security analysts programs in Illinois.
What degree do you need to become an Information Security Analyst?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Computer Science, which awarded 5,709 degrees in Illinois in 2024-25, 42.4% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Information Security Analyst?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 8 programs to this occupation. The largest are Computer Science, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, plus 1 more. Together they graduate about 13,464 people a year in Illinois.
How much do information security analysts earn in Illinois?+
The median is $124,180 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 3.9% below the U.S. median of $129,180. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for information security analysts growing?+
BLS projects a +28.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 16,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Illinois?+
88 institutions in Illinois reported graduates from at least one of the 8 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do information security analysts work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Network Security Analyst, Information Security Officer, Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), Information Technology Security Analyst (IT Security Analyst) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 15-1212.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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