The University of South Carolina makes an unlikely rise to No. 1 in the Military Times' list, which is paced by four public institutions in the top five.
From large catalogs of sensitive student information to research data, cybercriminals have plenty of tempting targets in institutions of higher education.
Since 2012 there have been more college closures in the United States than in the previous 40 years combined. Almost 600 schools have disappeared, the vast majority of them private institutions.
