Military History isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #813 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Military History Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 196 degrees in military history annually.
The military history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Military History rankings. We derive our Best Overall Military History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Military History Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Military History in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the military history degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat American Public University System if you wish to pursue a degree in military history. American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Charles Town. A Best Colleges rank of #234 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means American Military University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 96 military history students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in military history needs to look into Liberty University. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg. This university ranks 11th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 19 military history students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Norwich University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in military history. Located in the rural area of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 7th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were about 41 military history students who graduated with this degree at Norwich in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The military history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Military History rankings. We derive our Best Overall Military History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
