How Student Population Changes at Liberty

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 83,088 where 96,709 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

50.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 49.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,773 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 19,564 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Liberty than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Liberty University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	74,372	46,133	19,251	26,882	28,239	11,524	16,715
2013-14	77,338 2,966	47,464 1,331	19,572 321	27,892 1,010	29,874 1,635	11,823 299	18,051 1,336
2014-15	81,459 4,121	49,744 2,280	20,604 1,032	29,140 1,248	31,715 1,841	12,526 703	19,189 1,138
2015-16	80,494 -965	49,863 119	20,885 281	28,978 -162	30,631 -1,084	12,215 -311	18,416 -773
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
Average	83,088	47,596	20,028	27,568	35,492	14,025	21,467

Student Population Changes of Liberty University

Liberty University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 47,596 where 48,906 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Liberty University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	46,133	24,777	10,754	14,023	21,356	8,497	12,859
2013-14	47,464	25,911	11,029	14,882	21,553	8,543	13,010
2014-15	49,744	27,408	11,679	15,729	22,336	8,925	13,411
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
Average	47,596	47,596	11,727	16,154	47,596	8,301	11,414

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Liberty University

Liberty University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 35,492 where 47,803 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Liberty University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	28,239	9,667	4,220	5,447	18,572	7,304	11,268
2013-14	29,874	10,442	4,306	6,136	19,432	7,517	11,915
2014-15	31,715	10,895	4,509	6,386	20,820	8,017	12,803
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
Average	35,492	35,492	5,878	8,933	35,492	8,147	12,534

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Liberty University

Liberty University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.14%. The percentage was 47.85% 10 years ago and Liberty still has a high percentage of white students. 2.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.60% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Liberty University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	349	617	14,365	1,650	127	35,585	1,380
2013-14	372	599	13,784	1,268	114	35,060	1,539
2014-15	447	856	14,751	1,186	151	39,062	1,772
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
Average	392	1,177	12,957	3,877	164	39,908	2,066

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Liberty University

Liberty University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

81,026 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 84% of total students. The number of online students has increased 19.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Liberty University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	81,459	67,780	5,585	8,094
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
Average	84,695	69,923	6,965	7,807

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Liberty University

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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