The emergence of new credentials is changing the landscape of traditional post-secondary education. The tight labor market's rising demand to fill vacancies in high-demand career fields such as cybersecurity has led to so-called "alternative credentials" to rapidly upskill and reskill existing professionals to move into the industry. Alternative credentials potentially provide an added source of talent by tapping into alternative sources of education for historically underserved or previously unreached populations. The University System of Georgia (USG) created the Nexus program in response to industry demands in several high-demand fields. One of the first Nexus degrees to be submitted by a university was the Nexus Degree in Cybersecurity of FinTech. The university later added a Nexus Practitioner Certificate in Cybersecurity of FinTech to their program. This study surveyed students and industry on the impact of this alternative credential program to rapidly educate a diverse cybersecurity workforce to fill local hiring demands. Analysis indicates the program is successful in providing students the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that the industry demands for entry-level cyber professionals and is opening opportunities to previously underserved and unreached populations to fill those demands. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]