Liberty Online Programs

Liberty University offers 343 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 242 major programs - 21 Certificate, 18 Associate, 53 Bachelors, 83 Masters, 25 Doctorate, and 42 Post-graduate Certificate.

The 2025 tuition & fees is $16,173 for undergraduate programs and $8,730 for graduate programs.

Total 88,309 students out of total 104,327 students have enrolled online exclusively. Last year, total 22,455 students have completed their degree/certificate program through distance learning.

Liberty University is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
Online Degree Programs
School Name	Liberty University
Type	Four-year, Private (not-for-profit)
Address	1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, VA
Online Students	88,309 Enrolled Online Exclusively 7,616 Enrolled in Some Online Courses
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$16,173
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$8,730
Student to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Total	242 Programs
Certificate	21 Programs
Associates	18 Programs
Bachelors	53 Programs
Masters	83 Programs
Doctorate	25 Programs
Post-Graduate	42 Programs

2025 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2024-2025 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at Liberty University. Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. The tuition & fees is $16,173 for all students. For graduate programs, the 2025 tuition & fees is $8,730 for all students.

The cost per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $391 for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $488 for all students.

Tuition & Fees
Cost per Credit

Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Undergraduate	$15,460	$16,160	$16,203	$15,822	$16,173
Graduate	$8,349	$8,360	$8,405	$8,340	$8,730

Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Undergraduate	$376	$392	$390	$382	$391
Graduate	$460	$472	$477	$487	$488

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)

Online Programs By Area of Study

Liberty University offers 343 degree programs through Certificate, Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 242 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 21 Certificates, 18 Associates, 53 Bachelors, 83 Masters, 25 Doctorate, 42 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters.

The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Online Programs	21	18	53	83	25	42
Overall Programs	26	22	115	100	33	47

Majors and number of completers

The following tables show the offered programs by degree/certificate along with number of completers for each program last year.

What is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	171	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	62	28	34
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	78	9	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Education program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Computer and Information Sciences	2	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	200	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Informatics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	5	NOT OFFERED	55	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Education	NOT OFFERED	56	1	19	214	36
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	77	442	122
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	152	358	79
Administration of Special Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	28
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	181	148	24
Urban Education and Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31	1	3
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	60	178	NOT OFFERED	7
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	2
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	29
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	373	249	NOT OFFERED	1
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	45	NOT OFFERED	2
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	112	NOT OFFERED	1
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	134	125	30	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	35	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Foreign Language Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	6	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Studies Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics Teacher Education	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	31	NOT OFFERED	37	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	35	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED

What is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Industrial Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering/Industrial Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	70	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Work and Family Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Linguistics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hebrew Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5

What is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Apparel and Textiles	NOT OFFERED	1	37	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Pre-Law Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	185	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	104	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Law and Legal Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	65	83	73	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Creative Writing	NOT OFFERED	51	228	54	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Rhetoric and Composition	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
General Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Exercise Physiology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	189	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	33	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Applied Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	41	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	76	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	78	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Nutrition Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	56	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	40	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	NOT OFFERED	9	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	319	1,337	113	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	112	113	NOT OFFERED	11

What is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Christian Studies	NOT OFFERED	68	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	22	NOT OFFERED	11

What is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Bible/Biblical Studies	41	NOT OFFERED	80	81	42	129
Church Planting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Religious Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	50	68	NOT OFFERED
Religious/Sacred Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	74	22	20	1
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	67
Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Theology and Religious Vocations (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	1	NOT OFFERED

What is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Physics	NOT OFFERED	1	31	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	218	1,272	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	166	90
Applied Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	255	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	12	75	602	419	78	66
Fire Services Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	55	NOT OFFERED	4

What is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Public Administration	2	NOT OFFERED	32	124	39	98
Public Policy Analysis	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	43	22	91

What is Transportation and Materials Moving program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Geography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
National Security Policy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	61	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	135	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	421	113	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	94	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED

What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Digital Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	74	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Design and Visual Communications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	49	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial and Product Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Graphic Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	78	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Music Pedagogy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	32	68	NOT OFFERED
Music (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	54	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is Business program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	28	NOT OFFERED	203	NOT OFFERED	61	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	71	100	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	33	38	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23	NOT OFFERED	17
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	712	NOT OFFERED	14
Public Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	159	NOT OFFERED	32
Nursing Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	29	16
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	247	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	152	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	140

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	203	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	24	NOT OFFERED	1,689	1,106	222	561
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	199	201
Accounting	72	50	199	165	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	76	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	7	67	83	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	40	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
History	NOT OFFERED	11	224	170	72	52
Public/Applied History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Military History	NOT OFFERED	5	39	42	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At Liberty University, there are 104,327 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 95,925 students were attending classes through distance learning (88,309 students are enrolled exclusively and 7,616 are enrolled in some online courses).

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	104,327
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	88,309
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	7,616
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	8,402

By location where enrolled students live, out of a total of 88,309 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 13,213 Virginia Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 73,664 students living in the U.S. States other than Virginia, and 847 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.

Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	88,309
Virginia Resident	13,213
Other State In U.S.	74,249
Outside of U.S.	847

Distance Learning Enrollment By Degree
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	88,309
Undergraduate	39,156
Graduate	49,153

Distance Learning Enrollment Undergraduate Students
Enrolled Exclusively in Undergraduate Online Courses	39,156
Degree/Certificate Seeking	36,322
Non-Degree/Certificate Seeking	2,834

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Online Degrees and Programs at Liberty University

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2025 Tuition & Fees

Online Programs By Area of Study

Majors and number of completers

Distance Learning Program Student Population

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