Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA · Private nonprofit · 50,012 undergrads (large, city) · website ↗

Evangelical Christian
Test scores not considered
$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$30,667
$30,000 – $48,000	$27,807
$48,000 – $75,000	$27,347
$75,000 – $110,000	$27,142
Over $110,000	$30,545
All incomes (average)	$29,357

Sticker tuition and fees: $22,465 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Liberty University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$14,614
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$12,287
Books and supplies	$1,544
Other expenses, on campus	$6,656
Other expenses, off campus	$7,657

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (4,688 of them) in 2022–23; 98% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	97%	$12,023
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	30%	$5,075
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	97%	$9,570
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	50%	$5,396

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 99%
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 38%
Graduation rate (6yr): 65%
Freshman retention: 80%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $44,813
Median debt at graduation: $24,500
International undergrads: 436 (0.8%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Not considered
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 18 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 16%
Open admission: No

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Not considered
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Considered if submitted
Recommendations	Not considered
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Not considered
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 36,921
Admitted: 36,671
Enrolled: 6,419

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business19%

Psychology12%

Education8%

Criminal Justice6%

Health & Nursing6%

Philosophy & Religion5%

Visual & Performing Arts3%

Computer Science3%

English & Literature2%

History2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (59)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	1,683	$53,936	$67,269national $68,257	$20,500
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	1,387	$44,956	$53,357national $55,693	$19,500
Psychology, General	1,225	$37,243	$45,340national $50,706	$25,000
Criminal Justice and Corrections	605	$51,033	$61,715national $55,378	$22,019
Religion/Religious Studies	512	$41,781	$47,991national $41,390	$28,374
Air Transportation	505	$77,466	$102,096national $85,825	$20,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	473	$35,773	$40,952national $47,382	$26,416
History	265	$43,710	$46,496national $50,680	$18,750
Computer and Information Sciences, General	249	$62,053	$82,116national $92,374	$26,626
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	240	$76,136	$82,883national $88,910	$25,697
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	222	$35,333	$51,061national $54,562	$23,250
Design and Applied Arts	218	$35,080	$47,797national $51,490	$20,923
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	202	$30,895	—national $48,471	$19,500
Social Work	202	$41,728	$48,003national $51,790	$27,166
Communication and Media Studies	199	$41,708	$54,911national $56,359	$17,875
Accounting and Related Services	198	$57,477	$63,307national $76,194	$24,839
Non-Professional Legal Studies	165	$53,846	—national $61,959	$22,165
Political Science and Government	165	$48,668	$56,550national $63,293	$20,274
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	151	$35,429	—national $61,296	$20,500
Music	98	$37,764	$42,960national $42,892	$25,000
Biology, General	95	$32,912	$50,666national $57,214	$23,010
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	87	$33,373	$46,531national $42,915	$20,500
Legal Support Services	80	$41,398	$48,589national $53,266	$25,000
Management Information Systems and Services	72	$64,175	$84,228national $83,290	$27,000
Religious Music and Worship	70	$38,915	$51,701national $41,456	$20,871
Military Systems and Maintenance Technology	68	$89,394	—national $75,390	$19,750
Health and Medical Administrative Services	65	$50,601	$58,969national $58,716	$29,051
Special Education and Teaching	62	$46,607	$47,241national $50,499	$29,166
Mechanical Engineering	58	$72,998	$89,129national $92,135	$25,000
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	55	—	$43,025national $43,765	$26,253
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	53	$36,007	$50,891national $50,497	$22,578
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	50	—	—national $51,389	$24,749
Public Health	45	$38,008	$48,926national $58,808	$20,500
Education, Other	44	$38,339	—national $49,113	$28,984
Human Services, General	41	—	$36,290national $48,597	$24,164
Theological and Ministerial Studies	40	—	—national $44,535	$21,820
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	39	—	—national $85,063	$26,497
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	36	$35,861	$46,899national $42,259	$21,056
Bible/Biblical Studies	36	—	—national $44,533	$25,344
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	34	$33,781	$38,332national $48,568	$22,875
Applied Mathematics	32	—	—national $91,532	$15,431
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	28	$44,160	$46,274national $50,532	$31,060
International Relations and National Security Studies	28	$45,392	$71,436national $66,596	$22,500
Apparel and Textiles	26	$41,039	$38,226national $57,640	$22,500
Zoology/Animal Biology	26	$32,147	$41,103national $44,055	$22,500
Fire Protection	25	$79,958	—national $86,436	$24,542
Public Administration	25	—	—national $65,093	$23,664
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	24	$69,826	$49,103national $70,786	$20,832
English Language and Literature, General	22	—	$42,576national $48,590	—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	20	$30,537	—national $39,775	$25,125
Industrial Engineering	16	—	$94,928national $98,442	—
International/Globalization Studies	15	$34,018	$40,897national $59,972	$20,750
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	12	$76,648	$89,244national $100,647	—
Mathematics	10	—	$81,095national $69,562	—
American Sign Language	9	—	$48,109national $45,044	—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	4	$45,436	$45,257national $53,072	—
Social Sciences, General	3	—	$41,811national $53,366	—
Education, General	1	—	$41,664national $49,808	—
Journalism	0	$38,096	$51,940national $56,278	—

Associate degrees (11)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	312	$48,455	$47,394national $50,491	$15,334
Psychology, General	154	$34,760	$37,200national $39,288	$23,000
Business/Commerce, General	148	$44,253	$54,647national $49,927	$20,834
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	114	$29,271	$27,480national $37,656	$17,334
Religion/Religious Studies	89	$44,546	$51,737national $46,769	$21,622
Legal Support Services	61	$40,597	$51,877national $44,669	$16,500
Criminal Justice and Corrections	61	$41,728	$53,803national $46,706	$20,863
Education, General	55	$29,281	—national $41,787	$16,540
Management Information Systems and Services	43	—	$56,274national $56,556	—
Health and Medical Administrative Services	40	$30,929	$33,736national $37,073	$24,865
Accounting and Related Services	38	$40,893	$45,734national $47,660	$15,715

Undergraduate certificates (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Accounting and Related Services	78	—	—national $44,589	$9,500
Bible/Biblical Studies	75	$45,180	$47,160national $46,192	$16,500
Legal Support Services	59	$46,871	—national $49,747	$9,500
Theological and Ministerial Studies	45	—	—national $28,811	$10,275

Master's degrees (47)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	1,438	$47,891	$51,976national $65,184	$47,833
Business Administration, Management and Operations	1,213	$78,522	$90,025national $103,485	$30,233
Theological and Ministerial Studies	1,194	$55,182	$56,700national $61,300	$34,165
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	738	$50,067	$53,721national $59,571	$32,399
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	522	$50,309	$52,482national $59,916	$32,500
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	391	$52,788	$56,174national $60,111	$41,470
Criminal Justice and Corrections	391	$60,185	$75,034national $66,714	$27,333
Educational Administration and Supervision	318	$60,081	$64,314national $71,685	$27,333
Special Education and Teaching	237	$53,449	$58,040national $64,397	$33,764
Public Health	197	$58,114	$62,205national $82,751	$33,967
History	187	$50,589	$59,708national $55,360	$30,211
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	185	$54,966	—national $67,681	$27,333
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	182	$100,035	$107,245national $120,193	$32,509
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	160	$50,074	$56,966national $62,033	$30,750
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	151	$69,532	$72,389national $101,000	$27,333
Accounting and Related Services	134	$71,845	$83,093national $95,833	$21,232
International Relations and National Security Studies	128	$73,196	—national $95,627	$27,333
Public Administration	122	$68,893	$69,247national $81,408	$27,868
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	114	$45,952	—national $77,545	$27,333
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	101	$51,773	$57,678national $63,707	$31,191
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	95	$41,833	$53,516national $55,035	$31,262
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	95	$54,996	$57,573national $75,122	$30,750
Health and Medical Administrative Services	90	$65,734	$74,482national $89,981	$38,763
Air Transportation	87	$96,169	—national $110,104	$23,893
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	82	$90,527	$107,828national $107,835	$27,333
Design and Applied Arts	74	$56,410	$112,935national $70,073	$31,547
Bible/Biblical Studies	73	$47,630	—national $56,028	$27,333
Nutrition Sciences	69	—	—national $67,126	$27,418
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	63	$58,963	$58,750national $75,972	$27,333
Curriculum and Instruction	60	$54,902	—national $63,399	$34,165
Finance and Financial Management Services	60	$77,156	—national $110,694	$28,212
Communication and Media Studies	56	$50,681	$75,900national $71,953	$27,333
Marketing	47	$58,927	$63,586national $79,106	$34,166
Public Policy Analysis	46	$76,003	$78,054national $93,020	$33,090
Social Work	42	—	—national $65,123	$41,000
Human Biology	33	—	—	$27,319
Religious Education	33	—	$49,751national $54,328	$27,333
Political Science and Government	33	$61,517	—national $78,850	$27,335
Computer and Information Sciences, General	31	$92,809	—national $124,201	$31,302
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	24	$49,884	—national $65,767	$20,500
Educational/Instructional Media Design	22	$59,734	$55,451national $70,644	—
Religious Music and Worship	21	$52,947	$42,890national $57,264	$32,816
Music	21	$44,550	$46,324national $48,285	$32,648
Biology, General	19	$37,290	$72,854national $69,830	—
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	17	$53,317	—national $80,125	—
Management Information Systems and Services	13	$98,715	$101,349national $106,092	—
Education, General	4	$48,457	$57,647national $65,824	—

Doctoral degrees (13)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	487	$86,187	$76,969national $100,573	$61,500
Theological and Ministerial Studies	392	$66,084	$51,327national $71,982	$55,802
Curriculum and Instruction	378	$79,378	$73,065national $83,031	$58,172
Business Administration, Management and Operations	254	$108,233	—national $113,566	$71,990
Education, General	188	$90,299	—national $87,373	$71,100
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	169	$79,287	—national $99,878	$79,250
Psychology, General	99	—	—national $98,707	$62,208
Music	69	—	—national $59,592	$54,666
Religious Education	66	$133,142	—national $83,129	$82,638
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	58	$125,557	—national $138,131	$54,912
History	53	—	—national $70,550	$75,074
Criminal Justice and Corrections	48	—	—national $86,427	$68,333
Medicine	—	$62,009	$176,742national $118,504	$298,507

Graduate certificates (10)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business Administration, Management and Operations	644	—	—national $94,506	$30,423
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	220	—	—national $65,509	$20,500
Educational Administration and Supervision	212	—	—national $86,288	$40,965
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	139	—	—national $126,911	$26,273
Bible/Biblical Studies	112	—	—	$22,431
Theological and Ministerial Studies	82	—	—national $65,779	$23,708
Criminal Justice and Corrections	81	—	—national $74,072	$37,657
Psychology, General	79	—	—national $62,083	$33,453
Public Administration	66	—	—national $78,022	$34,166
History	43	—	—national $64,756	$36,908

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 97 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, VA 24515
Phone: (434) 582-2000
Institutional accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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