by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Military History is the 813th most popular major in the country with 209 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 military history graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in military history. That schools that top this list have a program in military history in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree military history students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Military Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major list. West Point is a small public school situated in West Point, New York. It awarded 37 bachelors’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Air Force Academy. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major. This small school is located in USAF Academy, Colorado, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s military history students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Military History at Hawaii Pacific University
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rogers State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Claremore, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #5 spot on the list. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
Read more about Military History at American Public University System
Park University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major list. Parkville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s military history degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Marquette University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major list. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Liberty University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Military History Major list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s military history students in 2020-2021.
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