Student Population at Liberty

The following chart compares Liberty's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Virginia.

Liberty has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,270 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (3,418 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Liberty University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 44,264 male and 60,063 female students attending Liberty. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.74 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Liberty.

By age, there are 31,295 students whose age under twenty five and 57,289 students whose age is over thirty years old at Liberty University.

Especially, 1,988 students are younger than eighteen and 1,654 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Liberty University.

At Liberty University, 95,925 students (91.95% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 88,309 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 13,213 students live in Virginia where Liberty University is located in and 73,664 students have enrolled from other states.