Military Applied Sciences

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
239
declining 28.7%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$9,340
growing 2.71%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$42,770
growing 1%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Military Applied Sciences degree recipients are Monterey, CA, West Point, NY, and Melbourne, FL. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Military Applied Sciences degree recipients are West Point, NY, Monterey, CA, and Tonkawa, OK. The most common degree awarded to students studying Military Applied Sciences is a masters degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Military Applied Sciences and the types of students that study this field. Naval Postgraduate School awards the most degrees in Military Applied Sciences in the US, but United States Military Academy (197036) and Naval Postgraduate School have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Military Applied Sciences.

Tuition costs for Military Applied Sciences majors are, on average, $9,340 for in-state public colleges, and $42,770 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Military Applied Sciences programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (6 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (188 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Military Applied Sciences (2022)
  1. 101 degrees awarded
  2. 69 degrees awarded
  3. 28 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Military Applied Sciences, is Public, 4-year or above (188 completions in 2022).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Military Applied Sciences programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$9,340
Median In-State Public
$42,770
Median Out of State Private

Naval Postgraduate School has the most Military Applied Sciences degree recipients, with 101 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Military Applied Sciences programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, United States Military Academy (197036) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Military Applied Sciences, with 6.34%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Military Applied Sciences
  1. 101 degrees awarded
  2. 69 degrees awarded
  3. 28 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Military Applied Sciences by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 50%
  2. 25.5%
  3. −9.82%

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Applied Sciences in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Applied Sciences degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Applied Sciences (171 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Military Applied Sciences are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (84.9%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    171 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    29 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    14 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Military Applied Sciences for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Male
    59 degrees awarded
  2. White Female
    11 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino Male
    11 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Military Applied Sciences.

White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Military Applied Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Military Applied Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Quality Control Analysis. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Military Applied Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, and Repairing.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Military Applied Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Equipment Maintenance is very distinctive for majors, but the Quality Control Analysis, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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