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Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA 50,059 Undergrads 40.4% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$41,707
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$29,552
After Aid
Median Earnings
$44,813
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$29,552
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$44,813
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate40.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients39.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time62.9%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS64.4%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
99.3%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$395k
-$1k
-$89k
Median Cost$30k/yr
+$289k
-$108k
-$196k
Full Cost$42k/yr
+$245k
-$152k
-$239k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
Never
-∞
Median Cost$30k/yr
Never
-184%
Full Cost$42k/yr
Never
-160%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 10-year median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Donor Return-190%
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Taxpayer Return-106%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Certificates
Bible/Biblical Studies
CertCIP: 3902
Median Debt
$20,956
Earnings (5yr)
$32,266
Lifetime Value Added
-$135k
Legal Support Services
CertCIP: 2203
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$44,096
Lifetime Value Added
-$8k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CertCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$17,624
Lifetime Value Added
-$285k
Theological and Ministerial Studies
CertCIP: 3906
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$38,611
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
Associate's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
AssocCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$23,833
Earnings (5yr)
$45,969
Lifetime Value Added
-$55k
Business/Commerce, General
AssocCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$45,309
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
AssocCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$27,193
Earnings (5yr)
$46,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$48k
Education, Other
AssocCIP: 1399
Median Debt
$25,834
Earnings (5yr)
$18,491
Lifetime Value Added
-$331k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
AssocCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$34,314
Lifetime Value Added
-$171k
Legal Support Services
AssocCIP: 2203
Median Debt
$21,361
Earnings (5yr)
$36,192
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
AssocCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$16,834
Earnings (5yr)
$41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
Psychology, General
AssocCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$26,313
Earnings (5yr)
$37,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Religion/Religious Studies
AssocCIP: 3802
Median Debt
$26,834
Earnings (5yr)
$44,195
Lifetime Value Added
-$72k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
AssocCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$20,001
Earnings (5yr)
$19,983
Lifetime Value Added
-$316k
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$63,405
Lifetime Value Added
-$38k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$22,420
Earnings (5yr)
$82,092
Lifetime Value Added
+$103k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$45,502
Lifetime Value Added
-$183k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$22,500
Earnings (5yr)
$40,183
Lifetime Value Added
-$227k
Bible/Biblical Studies
BachCIP: 3902
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$34,305
Lifetime Value Added
-$277k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$57,875
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$62,875
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$87,241
Lifetime Value Added
+$142k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (5yr)
$45,741
Lifetime Value Added
-$181k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$26,765
Earnings (5yr)
$116,280
Lifetime Value Added
+$359k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$63,600
Lifetime Value Added
-$6k
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
BachCIP: 1110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Lifetime Value Added
-$224k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$58,274
Lifetime Value Added
-$78k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$24,998
Earnings (5yr)
$45,177
Lifetime Value Added
-$185k
Education, Other
BachCIP: 1399
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$39,866
Lifetime Value Added
-$230k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$26,899
Earnings (5yr)
$96,803
Lifetime Value Added
+$213k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$24,957
Earnings (5yr)
$40,080
Lifetime Value Added
-$228k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$23,375
Earnings (5yr)
$48,277
Lifetime Value Added
-$160k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (2yr)
$23,761
Lifetime Value Added
-$356k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (5yr)
$37,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$251k
International Relations and National Security Studies
BachCIP: 4509
Median Debt
$21,750
Earnings (5yr)
$65,865
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Legal Support Services
BachCIP: 2203
Median Debt
$30,616
Earnings (5yr)
$47,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$165k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$23,500
Earnings (5yr)
$42,579
Lifetime Value Added
-$207k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$27,216
Earnings (5yr)
$79,707
Lifetime Value Added
+$85k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (2yr)
$45,852
Lifetime Value Added
-$156k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$20,832
Earnings (5yr)
$52,839
Lifetime Value Added
-$122k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$36,347
Lifetime Value Added
-$260k
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries
BachCIP: 3907
Median Debt
$22,827
Earnings (5yr)
$50,386
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$49,988
Lifetime Value Added
-$145k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$27,977
Earnings (5yr)
$40,678
Lifetime Value Added
-$223k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$56,943
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (5yr)
$79,773
Lifetime Value Added
+$86k
Religion/Religious Studies
BachCIP: 3802
Median Debt
$31,332
Earnings (5yr)
$49,603
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Religious/Sacred Music
BachCIP: 3905
Median Debt
$23,750
Earnings (5yr)
$37,322
Lifetime Value Added
-$252k
Social Sciences, General
BachCIP: 4501
Median Debt
$25,125
Earnings (5yr)
$52,576
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$44,616
Lifetime Value Added
-$190k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$25,664
Earnings (5yr)
$38,192
Lifetime Value Added
-$244k
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
BachCIP: 1314
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (5yr)
$42,444
Lifetime Value Added
-$208k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$27,333
Earnings (5yr)
$77,963
Lifetime Value Added
+$196k
Bible/Biblical Studies
MastCIP: 3902
Median Debt
$29,947
Earnings (5yr)
$36,798
Lifetime Value Added
-$182k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$32,683
Earnings (5yr)
$62,864
Lifetime Value Added
+$64k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$34,166
Earnings (5yr)
$82,715
Lifetime Value Added
+$237k
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
$50,911
Earnings (5yr)
$51,113
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Communication and Media Studies
MastCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$31,512
Earnings (2yr)
$34,793
Lifetime Value Added
-$180k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
MastCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$30,969
Earnings (5yr)
$63,800
Lifetime Value Added
+$73k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$55,618
Lifetime Value Added
-$2k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$29,220
Earnings (5yr)
$63,735
Lifetime Value Added
+$72k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
$34,166
Earnings (5yr)
$50,943
Lifetime Value Added
-$45k
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,416
Lifetime Value Added
-$174k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$29,153
Earnings (5yr)
$55,048
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$31,075
Earnings (2yr)
$30,409
Lifetime Value Added
-$226k
Human Services, General
MastCIP: 4400
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$48,186
Lifetime Value Added
-$72k
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations
MastCIP: 2902
Median Debt
$28,195
Earnings (5yr)
$103,977
Lifetime Value Added
+$419k
Law
MastCIP: 2201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$73,582
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
Management Information Systems and Services
MastCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$31,538
Earnings (5yr)
$126,340
Lifetime Value Added
+$610k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$35,783
Earnings (5yr)
$62,641
Lifetime Value Added
+$62k
Public Policy Analysis
MastCIP: 4405
Median Debt
$27,994
Earnings (5yr)
$70,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$134k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$34,165
Earnings (5yr)
$109,061
Lifetime Value Added
+$463k
Religious Education
MastCIP: 3904
Median Debt
$48,041
Earnings (5yr)
$44,800
Lifetime Value Added
-$104k
Religious/Sacred Music
MastCIP: 3905
Median Debt
$40,594
Earnings (5yr)
$61,340
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$34,165
Earnings (5yr)
$53,755
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (5yr)
$54,563
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$32,858
Earnings (5yr)
$51,049
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
$32,189
Earnings (5yr)
$60,547
Lifetime Value Added
+$44k
Theological and Ministerial Studies
MastCIP: 3906
Median Debt
$34,166
Earnings (5yr)
$56,518
Lifetime Value Added
+$7k
Graduate Certificates
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Gr-CertCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$48,755
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Educational Administration and Supervision
Gr-CertCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$38,289
Lifetime Value Added
-$82k
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
Gr-CertCIP: 5100
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,427
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Gr-CertCIP: 5115
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries
Gr-CertCIP: 3907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,857
Lifetime Value Added
+$14k
Special Education and Teaching
Gr-CertCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$46,107
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
Theological and Ministerial Studies
Gr-CertCIP: 3906
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$48,803
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Doctoral Degrees
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$54,522
Earnings (5yr)
$75,365
Lifetime Value Added
+$10k
Theological and Ministerial Studies
DocCIP: 3906
Median Debt
$86,863
Earnings (5yr)
$69,549
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results should not be compared with those Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors starting at age 18.