Pete Hegseth attended Princeton University for his undergraduate education, where he graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics

. He was also involved in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and played on the Princeton basketball team during his time there

. After Princeton, Hegseth went on to earn a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, graduating in 2011 or 2013 according to different sources