Liberty University Student Population

How many students at Liberty?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Liberty University has a total enrollment of 104,327 students, including 52,961 undergraduate and 51,366 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 44,264 male students (42.4%) and 60,063 female students (57.6%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 51,845 White students (49.7%) and 16,575 Black students (15.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 52,961 undergraduate students (50.8%) and 51,366 graduate students (49.2%).
• Class Delivery: 88,309 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 7,616 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 6,371 - Liberty's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 44,264 male (42.43%) and 60,063 female (57.57%) students are attending Liberty University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 73.70.

By class level, 52,961 (50.76%) are undergraduate students and 51,366 (49.24%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 45.35% are male and 54.65% are female, while among graduate students, 39.42% are male and 60.58% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 51,845 White, 16,575 Black, and 2,072 Asian students out of a total of 104,327 are attending at Liberty University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Liberty University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 68% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Liberty has 1,988 students under 18 years old and 1,654 students over 65 years old. There are 31,295 students under 25 years old, and 71,983 students over 25 years old out of 104,327 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,987 students are younger than 18 and 377 students are older than 65. Liberty has 26,753 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 25,542 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Liberty, 1 students are younger than 18 and 1,277 students are older than 65. It has 4,542 graduate students aged under 25 and 46,441 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Liberty University, 88,309 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,616 students are enrolled in some online courses.

13,213 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 75,096 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 52,961 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 5,727 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.81%.3,191 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2,536 students transferred in as part-time status.