Madelyn Stephenson

"M State guided me onto great paths that I never saw myself taking. I got to meet so many great people at Cybersecurity conferences and participated as an alternate at the College Cyber Defense Competition. I even landed an internship at the nonprofit UCodeGirl and got to teach young girls how to fly drones! And this was all in my first year.

I love M State because it is so real. My education taught me the things I needed to know for the real world. High-tech employers look for specific skills rather than degrees. We live in a day and age when we need more people who have specific skill sets and can be given a job and do it well. I believe getting a technical degree does the trick."