Enrollment Trends at Liberty

The student population at Liberty University is 104,327 (52,961 undergraduate and 51,366 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 23,833 (29.61%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Liberty is 50.76% which is increased by 3,098 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 20,735 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 74 male students for every 100 female students, up from 70 in 2015.
88,309 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 33.20% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 88,819 where 104,327 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 104,327 students in 2025 and was lowest at 75,044 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 80,494 to 104,327 students, a net gain of 23,833 (29.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Liberty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	80,494	49,863	20,885	28,978	30,631	12,215	18,416
2016-17	75,756 -4,738	47,050 -2,813	19,568 -1,317	27,482 -1,496	28,706 -1,925	11,383 -832	17,323 -1,093
2017-18	75,044 -712	45,754 -1,296	19,157 -411	26,597 -885	29,290 584	11,714 331	17,576 253
2018-19	79,152 4,108	45,935 181	19,239 82	26,696 99	33,217 3,927	13,198 1,484	20,019 2,443
2019-20	85,586 6,434	47,025 1,090	19,644 405	27,381 685	38,561 5,344	15,137 1,939	23,424 3,405
2020-21	93,349 7,763	47,988 963	20,538 894	27,450 69	45,361 6,800	17,902 2,765	27,459 4,035
2021-22	94,709 1,360	47,696 -292	20,500 -38	27,196 -254	47,013 1,652	18,204 302	28,809 1,350
2022-23	96,709 2,000	48,906 1,210	21,351 851	27,555 359	47,803 790	18,647 443	29,156 347
2023-24	103,068 6,359	52,823 3,917	23,504 2,153	29,319 1,764	50,245 2,442	19,886 1,239	30,359 1,203
2024-25	104,327 1,259	52,961 138	24,018 514	28,943 -376	51,366 1,121	20,246 360	31,120 761
Average	88,819	48,600	20,840	27,760	40,219	15,853	24,366

Liberty University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 48,600 where 52,961 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Liberty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	49,863	27,671	11,883	15,788	22,192	9,002	13,190
2016-17	47,050	27,112	11,502	15,610	19,938	8,066	11,872
2017-18	45,754	26,892	11,171	15,721	18,862	7,986	10,876
2018-19	45,935	27,401	11,232	16,169	18,534	8,007	10,527
2019-20	47,025	28,487	11,635	16,852	18,538	8,009	10,529
2020-21	47,988	30,168	12,560	17,608	17,820	7,978	9,842
2021-22	47,696	29,834	12,414	17,420	17,862	8,086	9,776
2022-23	48,906	31,034	13,140	17,894	17,872	8,211	9,661
2023-24	52,823	32,378	13,934	18,444	20,445	9,570	10,875
2024-25	52,961	33,186	14,639	18,547	19,775	9,379	10,396
Average	48,600	48,600	12,411	17,005	48,600	8,429	10,754

Liberty University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 40,219 where 51,366 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Liberty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,631	10,239	4,161	6,078	20,392	8,054	12,338
2016-17	28,706	9,443	3,876	5,567	19,263	7,507	11,756
2017-18	29,290	10,914	4,453	6,461	18,376	7,261	11,115
2018-19	33,217	14,408	5,603	8,805	18,809	7,595	11,214
2019-20	38,561	18,159	6,925	11,234	20,402	8,212	12,190
2020-21	45,361	22,802	8,862	13,940	22,559	9,040	13,519
2021-22	47,013	22,999	8,825	14,174	24,014	9,379	14,635
2022-23	47,803	22,957	8,921	14,036	24,846	9,726	15,120
2023-24	50,245	24,283	9,579	14,704	25,962	10,307	15,655
2024-25	51,366	25,096	9,884	15,212	26,270	10,362	15,908
Average	40,219	40,219	7,109	11,021	40,219	8,744	13,345

Liberty University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.69% and the percentage of black students is 15.89% at Liberty University. 1.99% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 43.80% to 49.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.97% to 1.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.20% to 15.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.34% to 7.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7208 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7827 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Liberty University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	342	777	12,232	3,495	113	35,259	1,563
2016-17	322	885	10,976	3,634	115	34,313	1,463
2017-18	358	1,000	10,682	3,868	120	35,463	1,546
2018-19	396	1,181	11,631	4,334	162	38,053	1,854
2019-20	428	1,414	12,673	4,959	180	42,500	2,293
2020-21	436	1,756	13,660	5,830	231	46,696	2,864
2021-22	458	1,916	13,657	6,315	236	47,539	2,969
2022-23	408	1,945	14,119	6,112	257	49,461	3,480
2023-24	397	2,064	15,411	6,828	258	52,031	3,878
2024-25	393	2,072	16,575	7,368	243	51,845	4,150
Average	394	1,501	13,162	5,274	192	43,316	2,606

Liberty University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

88,309 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 85% of total students. The number of online students has increased 33.20% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Liberty University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	80,494	66,300	6,219	7,975
2016-17	75,756	60,850	6,916	7,990
2017-18	75,044	59,840	7,472	7,732
2018-19	79,152	64,006	7,106	8,040
2019-20	85,586	70,429	8,082	7,075
2020-21	93,349	79,167	7,223	6,959
2021-22	94,709	79,906	7,053	7,750
2022-23	96,709	81,026	7,031	8,652
2023-24	103,068	87,269	7,405	8,394
2024-25	104,327	88,309	7,616	8,402
Average	88,819	73,710	7,212	7,897

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Enrollment Trends at Liberty

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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