An explanation of the numbers shown on the Cyber FastTrack leaderboards.
There are two leaderboard pages available for the Cyber FastTrack program while it is live - a National Leaderboard by State, and State Leaderboards by College. The leaderboards are designed to show how states/colleges rank for participation in the program, and the number of participants who have qualified to be considered for prizes awarded by the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation.
Click any of the column headers to re-order the data by whichever metric is of interest to you!
The leaderboards do not display any information about individual program participants or their point scores.
National Leaderboard by State
The numbers provided on the Cyber FastTrack National Leaderboard are to show which states are the most engaged with the Cyber FastTrack program, both in absolute numbers and in percentage increases, week-on-week and year-on-year.
Below is an explanation of the data contained in each column.
State
The US state or territory that participants have stated on their registration form.
Students registered
Total registered
The number of individual students who have completed the registration form for Cyber FastTrack.
Per million population
The number of students registered, adjusted relative to the population of their state. This allows fairer comparison of program uptake state by state.
Weekly change
The percentage increase of students registered compared to the numbers registered one week previously.
Annual change
The percentage increase of students currently registered, compared with total students registered in that state by the end of the 2021-22 Cyber FastTrack program. The numbers in this column will mostly be negative in the early part of the registration cycle, and will be a better point of comparison later in the year.
Registered colleges
Total registered
The number of individual colleges in that state listed by participants on their registration form.
Weekly change
The percentage increase in number of colleges registered, compared to the numbers registered one week previously.
Annual change
The difference (in absolute numbers, rather than percentage) between the number of colleges currently registered, compared with total number of colleges registered in that state by the end of the 2021-22 Cyber FastTrack program. The numbers in this column will mostly be negative in the early part of the registration cycle, and will be a better point of comparison later in the year.
Students qualified as NCS Semifinalists
Total qualifiers
Number of registered students who have reached the threshold in CyberStart that qualifies them as National Cyber Scholarship Semifinalists (20,000 points in CyberStart), meaning they could be considered for scholarships and awards, subject to validation of their performance and eligibility.
Percentage qualified
Percentage of students currently registered for the Cyber FastTrack program who have reached the qualifying threshold to be considered a National Cyber Scholarship Semifinalist (20,000 points in CyberStart game).
Weekly change
Percentage increase in the number of registered students who have reached the qualifying threshold to be a National Cyber Scholarship Semifinalist, compared to the numbers qualified one week previously.
State Leaderboards by College
The numbers provided on the Cyber FastTrack State Leaderboards are to show which colleges are the most engaged with the Cyber FastTrack program in each state.
Select a state or territory from the dropdown list to see the registration numbers for each college in that region.
Below is an explanation of the data contained in each column.
College
The college that participants have stated on their registration form.
Students registered
The number of individual students who have listed that college on their registration form, and completed their program registration.
Students qualified as NCS Semifinalists
Number of registered students from that college who have reached the threshold in CyberStart that qualifies them as National Cyber Scholarship Semifinalists (20,000 points in CyberStart), meaning they could be considered for scholarships and awards, subject to validation of their performance and eligibility.
Percentage qualified
Percentage of students from that college, currently registered for the Cyber FastTrack program, who have reached the qualifying threshold to be considered a National Cyber Scholarship Semifinalist (20,000 points in CyberStart game).