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Prepare for a Career in a Military Leadership Role with Our MA in Military Operations – Military Leadership Degree

Are you interested in making your military service a long-term career? Perhaps you love what you do now, but you also think your unique skill set could be used in other defense-sector jobs. The prospect of pursuing higher positions in America’s defense industry excites you, and you think that a master’s degree could be your ticket to upper-level management in the United States military. If this sounds like you, conferring Liberty University’s 100% online Master of Arts (MA) in Military Operations – Military Leadership degree may be a great fit for your career.

Since our founding in 1971, we have proudly recognized the bravery and service of the men and women who serve in the armed forces. We want to do more than say “thank-you” by offering generous military benefits to service members – we want to offer degree programs that complement your military background and equip you with the skills needed to advance your military career.

This online military operations degree with a specialization in military leadership features 8-week courses with no set login times and no residential intensives, so you can fit your courses around your busy schedule and complete your work when it best suits you. The time has never been better to pursue an online master’s degree. Apply today and take your military service career to new heights.

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Why Choose Liberty’s MA in Military Operations – Military Leadership Degree?

Our Master of Arts in Military Operations – Military Leadership degree is an excellent complement to your military background. With courses in military doctrine and military leadership, you may find that you are somewhat familiar with the subjects taught in this degree. This degree program, however, isn’t just designed to complement your current military knowledge — it’s designed to expound on what you already know, challenge you to grasp new concepts, and foster an even greater appreciation for military history, cultural context, and military intelligence.

In addition, Liberty is proud to offer generous tuition discounts for active and former military personnel. If you qualify for this discount, you can complete our master’s degree in military operations – military leadership for just $290 per credit hour – a price roughly 50% lower than our standard full-time graduate rate of $580 per credit hour. We honor our military rate for full- and part-time military students alike, so you can still receive the discount if your schedule doesn’t allow you to be a full-time student.

Our military operations degree is one of only a few like it in the country. Ordinary programs in intelligence, security studies, or military affairs may fall short of offering an education that emphasizes military operations within the historical context of geographic, religious, economic, and cultural conditions. This degree program can help make you a more well-rounded military professional, boost your chances of earning a promotion, and help you pursue new job opportunities in the defense sector.

Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

What Will You Study in Our MA in Military Operations – Military Leadership Degree?

Liberty’s Master of Arts in Military Operations – Military Leadership is divided into 2 sections: core military doctrine courses and military leadership.

In the military doctrine courses, you will study military geography, just war theory, and military intelligence. You will also study asymmetrical and irregular warfare, military operations, military logistics, and military planning. The military leadership specialization features training in command leadership, virtues of ethical leadership, and contextual military leadership. Additionally, our military leadership area of study allows 1 free elective of your choosing. You can use this elective to study advanced resilience for leaders and caregivers, strategic leadership and management, or the lives of notable historical figures.

Our professors boast considerable research experience and tremendous expertise in military history, intelligence, and military operations. Our Department of History offers you direct access to one of the largest groups of military historians in American higher education, and each of our professors is dedicated to your academic, personal, professional and spiritual growth. If you’re looking for a military-specific graduate degree from a respected university that is taught by military experts and historians, look no further than our MA in Military Operations – Military Leadership.

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At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.

Graduate Full Time	$580/Credit
Graduate Part Time	$645/Credit
Military Graduate	$290/Credit

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.

Preliminary Acceptance

If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:

Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.

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Unofficial College Transcript Policy

Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:

Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
Cumulative GPA
A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
Degree and date conferred (if applicable)

Official College Transcript Policy

An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.

If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

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Who May Qualify?

Active Duty
Reserve/National Guard
Veterans/Retirees
Spouses of Service Members and Veterans/Retirees
Current Department of Defense Employees

Available Benefits:

Tuition discounts – $290 per credit hour for graduate courses
Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder*
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)

*Not applicable to certificates.

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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