Military Studies Degrees

Military Studies Bachelor’s Degrees

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Military Studies – History (B.S.)

This program focuses on topics in American and European history, providing important historical context for military operations and events. You will also study the history of American entrepreneurship, which provides content related to military contractors and larger macroeconomic implications of warfare.

Military Studies – International Security (B.S.)

This research-based program covers both historical contexts of current military threats and guides students through pertinent areas of military analysis and military doctrine. You will do coursework in military intelligence and prepare specifically for a career in defense intelligence.

Military Studies – Professional (B.S.)

This program is geared toward veterans and current service members who want to make the most of their military experience. You can even earn college credit for life experience through our portfolio process – up to 9 credit hours if you meet the requirements.

Military Studies – Resiliency (B.S.)

This program trains graduates to support existing and veteran military personnel with transitioning to civilian life, coping with medical complications, and growing in their spiritual development.


Serve Your Country with a Bachelor of Science in Military Studies

There are few, if any, civilian academic programs in the country that provide an awareness of military values and culture. Even fewer programs adequately train military personnel and contractors to handle large-scale strategic and professional operations. Liberty’s Bachelor of Science in Military Studies offers 4 unique specializations for you to choose from based on your personal and professional goals.

If you want to smooth your transition from the military to a fulfilling civilian career, then this military studies degree program can help you achieve your goals. The knowledge and skills you learn could help you find a job in intelligence, military operations, or military contracting.


Why Choose Liberty’s Bachelor’s in Military Studies Degree?

Liberty University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees. Accreditation ensures that Liberty University has met strict standards with regard to degree programs, faculty, administration, student support, and services. Accreditation also ensures that courses students take and degrees earned through Liberty University will be accepted by other accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.


Potential Career Options with a Military Studies Degree

With a History Specialization:

  • Acquisition officer
  • Defense contractor
  • Department of Defense employee
  • Intelligence analyst
  • Logistics specialist
  • Military analyst
  • Security contractor

With an International Security Specialization:

  • Counterintelligence officer
  • Defense contractor
  • Department of Defense employee
  • Intelligence research analyst
  • Military analyst
  • Security contractor

With a Professional Specialization:

  • Contract specialist
  • Defense contractor
  • Department of Defense employee
  • Intelligence analyst
  • Military analyst
  • Security contractor

With a Resiliency Specialization:

  • Department of Defense employee
  • Grief services counselor
  • Military analyst
  • Outreach coordinator
  • Veterans administration employee

Military Benefits

Service is important to us, so whether you’re currently serving in the Armed Forces, have served, or are married to someone who serves, we’re here to serve you. Liberty’s military benefits are available to:

  • Active duty service members of the U.S. Armed Forces
  • Reserve/National Guard
  • Veterans/retirees
  • Spouses of service members and veterans/retirees
  • Current Department of Defense employees 

We are proud to support you in your pursuit of a flexible and affordable online education by offering you the following benefits: 

  • Tuition discounts — $250 per credit hour for undergraduate courses 
  • Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder (less than $565 per course)
  • 8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)
  • Potential undergraduate college credit for your military training

Experience That Matters to You

As an accredited Christian college with a 7,000-acre campus in Lynchburg, Virginia, Liberty University offers you an education that is both academically challenging and rooted in a biblical worldview.

At Liberty, you’ll benefit from 35+ years of learning, growing, adapting, and innovating for the distance learner — and more than a decade of researching the needs of the online student. You can be confident that we’ve taken the time to learn what’s important to you.

And what’s that?

  • Affordability
  • Accessibility
  • Academic Quality

These important factors challenged us to find new financial solutions, get ahead of industry trends, and blaze trails into cutting-edge career fields — and it’s paid off. That’s the difference experience makes.

 

We are widely recognized as a top university for affordability, accessibility, and academic quality.

Why Choose Liberty University?

Enjoy Flexible Courses

Choose from a wide variety of programs at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level, most of which are 100% online*. With an 8-week format and 8 start dates per year, it’s easy to fit your courses around your schedule!

* excludes licensure, certification, and some doctoral programs

Maximize Your Time

Start and finish your degree faster! Liberty requires no standardized testing for admission, and you can transfer previous course credit — transfer in up to 75% of a bachelor’s degree and up to 50% of a master’s, postgraduate, or doctoral degree — or discover how your life, career, or military experience may count toward your college degree.

Grow in Your Faith

All of our courses are taught from a Christian perspective, and our faculty see themselves as mentors. Our mission is to Train Champions for Christ — we’re committed to championing you as you study to go further in your field, become a leader in your industry, or start a new career.

Access Academic Support

Throughout your educational journey, you will have access to academic resources that will aid in the completion of your degree. Services include our online library, writing center, tutoring, study aids, IT assistance, 30+ tutorial videos, live webinars, and personalized help from our academic advising team.

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As a nonprofit (not-for-profit) university, Liberty is in the business of training skilled professionals to make a difference in the world – not gaining profit, revenue, or producing dividends for shareholders. In keeping with our commitment to your education, we invest our resources back into degree programs and into your student experience.

While many other online colleges have raised tuition, Liberty has been able to keep costs low as a nonprofit university and has not increased tuition for 8 straight years. Lower tuition means less student loan debt for students.

For Liberty University, nonprofit is more than a status; it is a valuable opportunity to invest in the lives of students who will go out and impact the world.

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Financing Options

Financial Aid

Nearly 80% of all Liberty students in an online program are awarded financial aid. Virginia residents may qualify for additional aid — learn more!

Corporate Tuition Assistance

Deferred – If your company reimburses you for the cost of your education, you pay only a portion of your balance up front. You submit your grades to your employer who pays you, and then you pay the remaining balance for your classes.

Tuition Discounts

Qualified military service members, veterans, and their spouses can receive up to 55% off their tuition rate for eligible programs!

Contact one of our Admissions Counselors for more information by calling (800) 424-9595.