Student Population at Liberty University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
96,70948,90647,803
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 96,709 students have enrolled in Liberty University with 48,906 undergraduate and 47,803 graduate students.
By gender, 39,998 male and 56,711 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).
81,026 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,031 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

Liberty University has a total of 96,709 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 48,906 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 47,803 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 39,998 male and 56,711 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total96,70948,90647,803
Men39,99821,35118,647
Women56,71127,55529,156

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 49,461 White, 14,119 Black, and 1,945 Asian students out of a total of 96,709 are attending at Liberty University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American408156252
Asian1,9458591,086
Black14,1194,9699,150
Hispanic6,1122,4553,657
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders257115142
White49,46120,86628,595
Two or more races3,4801,3502,130
Race Unknown20,2508,89511,355
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American20277125
Asian848372476
Black4,5871,8332,754
Hispanic3,4511,4711,980
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1174968
White28,12012,21015,910
Two or more races1,8647601,104
Race Unknown9,2764,3524,924
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American20679127
Asian1,097487610
Black9,5323,1366,396
Hispanic2,6619841,677
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1406674
White21,3418,65612,685
Two or more races1,6165901,026
Race Unknown10,9744,5436,431

Student Age Distribution

By age, Liberty has 186 students under 18 years old and 1,316 students over 65 years old. There are 28,655 students under 25 years old, and 67,228 students over 25 years old out of 96,709 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 184 students are younger than 18 and 293 students are older than 65. Liberty has 24,307 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 24,101 students aged 25 and over.
In graduate schools at Liberty, 2 students are younger than 18 and 1,023 students are older than 65. It has 4,348 graduate students aged under 25 and 43,127 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1818612066
18-197,3994,3703,029
20-219,9505,8244,126
22-2411,1206,7734,347
25-2914,3778,4565,921
30-3411,7456,6685,077
35-3910,8826,1694,713
40-4916,97010,1836,787
50-6411,9387,0094,929
Over 651,316704612
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1818411965
18-197,3874,3633,024
20-219,6795,6274,052
22-247,0573,9223,135
25-296,5833,4793,104
30-344,9892,6392,350
35-394,0902,2431,847
40-495,1623,0112,151
50-642,9841,7791,205
Over 65293158135
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18211
18-191275
20-2127119774
22-244,0632,8511,212
25-297,7944,9772,817
30-346,7564,0292,727
35-396,7923,9262,866
40-4911,8087,1724,636
50-648,9545,2303,724
Over 651,023546477

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Liberty University, 81,026 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,031 students are enrolled in some online courses.
12,863 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 68,163 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students96,70981,0267,031
Undergraduate48,90635,2436,559
Graduate47,80345,783472
Online Student Population by Locality
Virginia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students12,86367,202961
Undergraduate6,02328,889331
Graduate6,84038,313630

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 48,906 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 5,429 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.10%.3,161 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2,268 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time27,873
Transfer-in Full-time3,161
Regular Part-time15,604
Transfer-in Part-time2,268
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