Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are producing high-caliber computer science/information technology (IT) students eager to excel in their next job, but firms need help connecting with them. The Urban Institute is partnering with South Carolina State University to build a consortium of South Carolina HBCUs offering apprenticeship as a career pathway into cybersecurity and IT. This fact sheet describes the benefits to students who become apprentices in the degree-based apprenticeship program. Most notably, students work at companies and simultaneously complete their education so that they graduate with both a degree and work experience.