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Liberty University

Liberty University
Former names
Lynchburg Baptist College (1971–1976)
Liberty Baptist College (1976–1984)
Motto"Knowledge Aflame"[1]
TypePrivate university
Established1971 (1971)
FounderJerry Falwell Sr.
Elmer L. Towns
AccreditationSACS
Religious affiliation
Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention)
Academic affiliation
NAICU
Endowment$2.1 billion (2022)[2][3]
ChancellorJonathan Falwell
PresidentDondi E. Costin
ProvostScott Hicks
Academic staff
735 full-time, 3,075 part-time (fall 2022)[4]
Students96,709 (fall 2022)[4]
Undergraduates48,906 (fall 2022)[4]
Postgraduates47,803 (fall 2022)[4]
Location
Lynchburg
,
Virginia
,
United States
CampusSmall city[6], 7,000 acres (28 km2)[5]
NewspaperThe Liberty Champion
ColorsNavy blue, white, and red[7]
     
NicknameLiberty Flames and Lady Flames
Sporting affiliations
MascotSparky the Eagle
Websitewww.liberty.edu

Liberty University (LU), known simply as Liberty, is a private evangelical Christian[8] university in Lynchburg, Virginia. According to Liberty’s website, the school is non-denominational. It was previously aligned with the Southern Baptist Convention. Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns as Lynchburg Baptist College, Liberty is among the world's largest Christian universities and one of the largest private non-profit universities in the United States by total student enrollment.[9][10]

Liberty University consists of 17 colleges, including the Helms School of Government and the Rawlings School of Divinity.[11][12] Most of its enrollment is in online courses;[13][14] in 2020, the university enrolled about 15,000 in its residential program and 80,000 online.[15][16] Liberty's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Liberty Flames. Their athletics program joined Conference USA as a full member in 2023.[17]

The university requires undergraduate students to take three Evangelical Bible-studies classes.[18] Its honor code, called the "Liberty Way", prohibits premarital sex, cohabitation, any kind of romantic relationship between members of the same sex,[19] and alcohol use.[20][21] Liberty University has been described as a "bastion of the Christian right", playing a prominent role in Republican politics under Falwell and his son and successor Jerry Falwell Jr.[22]

  1. ^ "Liberty University Quick Facts". Liberty.edu. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  2. ^ Moody, Josh (October 2, 2018). "Liberty University passes $3B in gross assets, report says it generates more than $1B annually in economic activity". The News and Advance. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Andrews, Kate (March 1, 2023). "Liberty to pay off $189M in bonds early". Virginia Business. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "College Navigator – Liberty University". nces.ed.gov.
  5. ^ "Rankings". usnews.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "IPEDS-Liberty University".
  7. ^ "Colors & Fonts". Liberty University. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  8. ^ Team, LUCMS (July 11, 2023). "What We Believe | Liberty University's Mission and Values". Liberty University Residential. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  9. ^ McDonald, Michael (February 26, 2013). "God a Click Away as Web Courses Fuel Falwell's College". Bloomberg Business. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  10. ^ Jenkins, Jack (April 27, 2018). "Liberty University is no longer the largest Christian university". Religion News Service. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "Liberty University's Rawlings School of Divinity". Liberty.edu. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Liberty University Quick Facts – About Liberty – Liberty University". Liberty.edu. Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  13. ^ "Liberty University is a private, non-profit Christian university". Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  14. ^ Montet, Virginie (March 10, 2010). "US creationists unswayed by evolution exhibition". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  15. ^ "Jerry Falwell Jr. relishes new fight for Donald Trump as Liberty University peaks". Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  16. ^ Chumney, Richard (October 3, 2020). "Liberty University enrollment spikes, despite statewide drop in new college students". News & Advance. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  17. ^ "Liberty Moving to Conference USA for 2023-24 Season".
  18. ^ MacGillis, Alec (April 17, 2018). "How Liberty University Built a Billion-Dollar Empire Online". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  19. ^ The Liberty Way liberty.edu October 2022
  20. ^ Boorstein, Michelle (March 25, 2015). "Here's why Liberty University has become a pilgrimage site for GOP candidates". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  21. ^ Strauss, Valerie (October 30, 2015). "The world's largest Christian university relaxes some rules for students". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  22. ^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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