2023 Best Military History Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Military History is the 813th most popular major in the country with 209 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 112 military history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in military history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great military history programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the military history program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying military history.
Top 2 Best Military History Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for a Master’s. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a small school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 3 masters’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
The Citadel also took the #2 spot in our “Best Military History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 607 of the 3,740 students enrolled at Citadel Military College of South Carolina were GI Bill® students, of which 382 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,997. During this same period, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Citadel Military College of South Carolina does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The Citadel]](/colleges/citadel-military-college-of-south-carolina/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school handed out 42 degrees to qualified masters’s military history students in 2020-2021.
American Military University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Military History Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 50,047 students enrolled at American Military University, 18,040 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 15,422 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,793. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. American Military University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at American Public University System]](/colleges/american-public-university-system/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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