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Security requirements for computer science degrees

Of U.S. News's top 20 computer science schools, only 1 lists security as an undergraduate degree requirement.

School Name Requires Security? Link
Carnegie Mellon University No https://csd.cs.cmu.edu/academic/undergraduate/bachelors-curriculum-admitted-2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology No http://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/computer-science-engineering-course-6-3/
Stanford University No https://cs.stanford.edu/degrees/undergrad/Requirements.shtml
University of California - Berkeley No http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/degree-programs/electrical-engineering-computer-sciences/#majorrequirementstext
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign No https://cs.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/degree-program-options/bs-computer-science-engineering
Cornell University No https://www.cs.cornell.edu/undergrad/csmajor
University of Washington No https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www-cse-public/ugrad/curriculum/CS_reqs_au16.pdf
Georgia Institute of Technology No https://www.cc.gatech.edu/three-year-course-outline
Princeton University No https://www.cs.princeton.edu/ugrad/becoming-cs-major/requirements
University of Texas at Austin No https://cns.utexas.edu/images/CNS/Deans_Office/Student_Records/Web.DegPlans/2018-20_checklists/BS_CS_OPTION1_1820.pdf
California Institute of Technology No http://www.cms.caltech.edu/academics/ugrad_cs
University of Michigan No http://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/undergraduate/computer-science/lsa-docs/18_19_cs_lsa.pdf
Columbia University No http://bulletin.columbia.edu/columbia-college/departments-instruction/computer-science/#requirementstext
University of California - Los Angeles No https://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/curric-18-19/41comsci-ugstd18.html
University of Wisconsin - Madison No https://guide.wisc.edu/undergraduate/letters-science/computer-sciences/computer-sciences-bs/#requirementstext
Harvard University No https://harvardcs.info/concentration/requirements/
University of California - San Diego Yes https://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/curric/CSE-ug.html
University of Maryland - College Park No https://www.cs.umd.edu/~nelson/advising/docs/DegreeRequirementsGenEd.pdf
University of Pennsylvania No https://www.cis.upenn.edu/current-students/undergraduate/csci/req12.php
Purdue University No https://www.cs.purdue.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/bachelor.html
Rice University No https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/engineering/computer-science/computer-science-bscs/#requirementstext
University of Massachusetts--Amherst No https://www.cics.umass.edu/content/revised-bs-requirements-effective-september-2016
University of Southern California No https://www.cs.usc.edu/academic-programs/undergrad/computer-science/
Yale University No http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/subjects-of-instruction/computer-science/
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Is there a source for this or is this your research? I could have sworn I saw a study at one point.

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