by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Military History Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Military History is the 813th most popular major in the country with 209 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Military History Major” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in military history. To top this list, a school must have a successful military history program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Military History Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Military History Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major list. American Military University is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 106 ’s military history degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Military Academy. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major list. Located in West Point, New York, this small public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified ’s military history students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Military History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #3 spot on the list. Norwich University is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 32 ’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Military History Major that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Air Force Academy landed the #4 spot on the list. United States Air Force Academy is a public institution located in USAF Academy, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hawaii Pacific University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major list. Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees 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 full report on Military History at Hawaii Pacific University
With a ranking of #6, Park University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major list. Park University is located in Parkville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 ’s military history degrees to qualified students.
Citadel Military College of South Carolina came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Military History Major ranking. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a small school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 3 ’s military history degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Marquette University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major ranking, coming in at #8. Marquette is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rogers State University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major ranking. RSU is located in Claremore, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s military history degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Liberty University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Military History Major ranking. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified ’s military history students in 2020-2021.
Austin Peay State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Military History Major ranking, coming in at #11. Clarksville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s military history degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Military History at Austin Peay State University
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