2022 Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Military History is the 763rd most popular major in the country with 200 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 73 military history graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in military history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality military history programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the military history program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Military History

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,222 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s military history students in 2019-2020.

American Military University also made our “Best Military History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend American Public University System is $10,222 for bachelor’s degree military history students.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Military History at American Public University System

#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$29,756 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Military History Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s military history degrees to qualified students.

Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Military History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marquette is $29,756 for bachelor’s degree military history students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Military History at Marquette University

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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