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Liberty University Scholarships & Financial Aid 2020-2021
By
Will Geiger
Will Geiger is the co-founder of Scholarships360 and has a decade of experience in college admissions and financial aid. He is a former Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Kenyon College where he personally reviewed 10,000 admissions applications and essays. Will also managed the Kenyon College merit scholarship program and served on the financial aid appeals committee. He has also worked as an Associate Director of College Counseling at a high school in New Haven, Connecticut. Will earned his master’s in education from the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in history from Wake Forest University.
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Liberty University is one of the largest private, non-profit universities in the world (and in fact, it is the largest in the United States). Most of Liberty’s 100,000+ students are online, but there are about 15,000 at their Lynchburg, Virginia campus.
Academically, Liberty offers students a wide variety of options in 17 colleges including nearly 300 bachelor’s degrees. Students can study everything from business to cybersecurity to pre-med to nursing to liberal arts to computer science and engineering.
Liberty University also awards a wide variety of scholarships and financial aid opportunities for students.
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Liberty University tuition & cost
Liberty University’s tuition and other costs are the same for in-state and out-of-state student as it is a private institution. You can find the most up-to-date rates for undergraduate, graduate, and online students on the Liberty website.
If you are looking for an estimate of financial aid, you can complete the Liberty University Net Price Calculator. This is a free tool that will provide you with an estimate of what Liberty will cost you and your family. Our guide to using Net Price Calculators can help you to interpret the quote you receive, as well as know what information to input.
Liberty University scholarships
Liberty offers a number of different merit scholarships to both online and residential students. These scholarships range from $1,500 per year up to full tuition. Best of all, the Liberty University scholarships are all renewable for four years!
Below is a chart that shows the scholarships that you will be eligible for at Liberty based on your GPA and standardized test scores. Note that all GPAs are recalculated by the admissions office and are unweighted. This is very helpful for students who want to estimate the amount of merit scholarships they might receive.
| ACT | 20-22 | 23-25 | 26-28 | 29-31 | 32-34 | 35-36 |
| SAT | 1100- 1120 |
1130- 1230 |
1240- 1340 |
1350- 1440 |
1450- 1550 |
1560- 1600 |
| 3.8-4.0 | $2,250 | $2,750 | $4,500 | $6,000 | $6,500 | Full tuition |
| 3.3-3.79 | $1,750 | $2,500 | $3,500 | $5,500 | $6,000 | $6,500 |
| 3.0-3.29 | $1,500 | $1,750 | $2,500 | $2,750 | $4,000 | $5,500 |
Source: Liberty University
Additional Liberty Scholarships
Liberty offers additional scholarships for the following groups of students:
- Legacy students
- Veterans who have served in the armed forces
- Community college students
- Middle class students
Liberty University need-based financial aid
In addition to their merit scholarships, Liberty offers need-based financial aid to students as well. In order to quality for need-based financial aid students must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA.
Deadlines
The FAFSA priority deadlines for Liberty are:
FSA priority deadlines:
- Fall Semester: January 15
- Spring Semester: October 1
School Code
The FAFSA School Code for Liberty University is 010392
Questions about Liberty financial aid
If you have questions about financial aid at Liberty University, you can reach out to the office of Student Financial Services.
Here prospective students can chat with a member of the financial aid team via live chat, phone, or a virtual advising appointment.
