by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you want to know more about Liberty University, such as what majors does it offer, how diverse it is, how well it ranks, and more, this is your one-stop resource.
At Liberty University, students can earn anything from certificates through the doctor’s degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
| Degree Level | Offered |
|---|---|
| Certificate | ✓ |
| Associate | ✓ |
| Bachelor’s | ✓ |
| Master’s | ✓ |
| Doctorate | ✓ |
Completions: 24,506 undergraduate · 29,064 graduate (53,570 total)
Ranked by the number of degrees awarded, these are the most popular majors at Liberty University.
| Most Popular Majors | Graduates |
|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 26,785 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 3,845 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 1,827 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 1,794 |
| Theological and Ministerial Studies. | 1,753 |
These majors at Liberty University report the highest average early-career salaries for their graduates.
| Highest-Paying Majors | Average Salary |
|---|---|
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations. | $84,316 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | $70,914 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | $60,538 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | $60,410 |
| Industrial Engineering. | $60,079 |
The majors at Liberty University are organized below by area of study, with graduates, average salary, and specializations for each.
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 26,785 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. ↳ Business Administration and Management, General. · Organizational Leadership. · Project Management. · Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management. |
3,845 | $55,930 |
| Accounting and Related Services. ↳ Accounting. |
448 | $48,564 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 150 | $36,467 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. ↳ Management Information Systems, General. |
131 | $60,538 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. ↳ Finance, General. |
60 | NA |
| Marketing. ↳ Marketing/Marketing Management, General. |
47 | $49,356 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. ↳ Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General. |
18 | NA |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. ↳ Hospitality Administration/Management, General. |
7 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. ↳ Elementary Education and Teaching. · Early Childhood Education and Teaching. · Secondary Education and Teaching. · Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching. · Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching. |
1,139 | $31,469 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. ↳ Educational Leadership and Administration, General. · Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. · Administration of Special Education. |
1,017 | $54,992 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 569 | $53,808 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. ↳ Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services. · Student Counseling and Personnel Services, Other. |
391 | $43,706 |
| Special Education and Teaching. ↳ Special Education and Teaching, General. · Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism. · Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented. |
351 | $40,888 |
| Education, General. | 284 | $42,274 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. ↳ English/Language Arts Teacher Education. · History Teacher Education. · Reading Teacher Education. · Mathematics Teacher Education. · Social Studies Teacher Education. · Health Teacher Education. · Foreign Language Teacher Education. · Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. · Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education. · Biology Teacher Education. · Physics Teacher Education. |
155 | $44,133 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. ↳ Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. |
90 | $22,495 |
| Education, Other. | 51 | NA |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design. ↳ Educational/Instructional Technology. |
36 | $44,731 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. ↳ Counseling Psychology. · Applied Psychology. · Clinical Psychology. |
1,827 | $36,983 |
| Psychology, General. | 1,564 | $28,815 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Theological and Ministerial Studies. ↳ Theology/Theological Studies. · Divinity/Ministry. |
1,753 | $45,188 |
| Bible/Biblical Studies. | 332 | $33,208 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries. ↳ Pastoral Studies/Counseling. · Youth Ministry. · Lay Ministry. · Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies. |
167 | $27,163 |
| Religious Music and Worship. ↳ Religious/Sacred Music. |
107 | $29,363 |
| Religious Education. | 99 | $37,007 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology. ↳ Church Planting. |
5 | NA |
| Theology and Religious Vocations, Other. | 5 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. ↳ Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other. · Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling. |
755 | $38,005 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. ↳ Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. · Nursing Administration. · Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing. · Nursing Practice. |
619 | $70,914 |
| Public Health. ↳ Public Health, General. · Public Health Education and Promotion. |
285 | $39,422 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. ↳ Health/Health Care Administration/Management. · Medical Office Assistant/Specialist. |
209 | $42,711 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 203 | NA |
| Medicine. ↳ Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy. |
145 | NA |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities. ↳ Nursing Education. |
34 | NA |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. ↳ Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist. · Athletic Training/Trainer. |
27 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. ↳ Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. |
1,794 | $38,056 |
| Nutrition Sciences. | 69 | NA |
| Human Biology. | 33 | NA |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. ↳ Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies. |
28 | $24,858 |
| International/Globalization Studies. | 15 | NA |
| Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis. | 8 | NA |
| Biopsychology. | 4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. ↳ Criminal Justice/Safety Studies. |
1,196 | $46,668 |
| Homeland Security. | 46 | NA |
| Fire Protection. ↳ Fire Services Administration. |
25 | NA |
| Security Science and Technology. ↳ Forensic Science and Technology. |
8 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Social Work. | 244 | $31,302 |
| Public Administration. | 230 | NA |
| Public Policy Analysis. ↳ Public Policy Analysis, General. |
118 | $50,253 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. ↳ Public Administration and Social Service Professions. |
41 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Religion/Religious Studies. ↳ Religion/Religious Studies. · Christian Studies. |
632 | $35,816 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Support Services. ↳ Legal Assistant/Paralegal. |
200 | $30,941 |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies. ↳ Pre-Law Studies. |
165 | NA |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. ↳ Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General. · American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence. · International Law and Legal Studies. |
151 | $48,048 |
| Law. | 112 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied Arts. ↳ Design and Visual Communications, General. · Graphic Design. · Interior Design. · Industrial and Product Design. |
292 | $32,506 |
| Music. ↳ Music Pedagogy. · Music, Other. · Musicology and Ethnomusicology. · Music, General. · Voice and Opera. · Brass Instruments. · Music History, Literature, and Theory. · Music Performance, General. · Music Theory and Composition. · Keyboard Instruments. · Stringed Instruments. |
193 | $26,144 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. ↳ Cinematography and Film/Video Production. |
55 | $20,214 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. ↳ Digital Arts. |
35 | NA |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. ↳ Acting. · Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. · Musical Theatre. |
20 | NA |
| Fine and Studio Arts. ↳ Fine/Studio Arts, General. |
7 | $31,851 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Air Transportation. ↳ Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General. · Aviation/Airway Management and Operations. |
592 | $49,846 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| History. ↳ History, General. · Military History. · Public/Applied History. |
567 | $29,458 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Communication, General. ↳ Communication, General. · Speech Communication and Rhetoric. |
305 | $37,079 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. ↳ Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia. |
130 | $34,824 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. ↳ Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other. · Organizational Communication, General. |
22 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. ↳ Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology. |
185 | NA |
| Biology, General. ↳ Biomedical Sciences, General. · Biology/Biological Sciences, General. |
114 | $23,514 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | 114 | NA |
| Zoology/Animal Biology. ↳ Wildlife Biology. · Zoology/Animal Biology. |
26 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. ↳ Environmental Biology. |
5 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. ↳ Biochemistry. |
4 | NA |
| Biotechnology. | 4 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. ↳ Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. · Exercise Science and Kinesiology. · Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General. |
397 | $31,994 |
| Outdoor Education. | 6 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. ↳ Creative Writing. · Rhetoric and Composition. · Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing. |
333 | NA |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 34 | $24,772 |
| Literature. ↳ General Literature. |
8 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Political Science and Government. ↳ Political Science and Government, General. |
198 | $38,561 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. ↳ International Relations and Affairs. · National Security Policy Studies. |
156 | $43,248 |
| Geography and Cartography. ↳ Geography. |
11 | NA |
| Social Sciences, General. | 3 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. ↳ Information Technology. · Computer and Information Sciences, General. · Informatics. |
281 | $52,657 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. ↳ Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance. |
44 | NA |
| Computer Software and Media Applications. ↳ Computer Software and Media Applications, Other. |
2 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations. ↳ Cyber/Electronic Operations and Warfare. |
82 | $84,316 |
| Military Systems and Maintenance Technology. ↳ Aerospace Ground Equipment Technology. |
68 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering. | 58 | NA |
| Industrial Engineering. | 16 | $60,079 |
| Civil Engineering. ↳ Civil Engineering, General. |
15 | NA |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. ↳ Electrical and Electronics Engineering. |
12 | $60,410 |
| Computer Engineering. ↳ Computer Engineering, General. |
6 | NA |
| Engineering, General. | 3 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. · Hebrew Language and Literature. |
37 | NA |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. ↳ Linguistics. |
19 | NA |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Spanish Language and Literature. |
11 | NA |
| American Sign Language. ↳ American Sign Language (ASL). |
9 | $35,141 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. ↳ Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature. |
8 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. ↳ Human Development and Family Studies, General. |
34 | $24,623 |
| Apparel and Textiles. ↳ Apparel and Textiles, General. |
26 | $25,234 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. | 21 | $23,956 |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics. ↳ Mathematics, General. |
37 | $40,001 |
| Applied Mathematics. ↳ Applied Mathematics, General. |
32 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering-Related Fields. ↳ Engineering/Industrial Management. |
44 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. ↳ Industrial Technology/Technician. |
8 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physics. ↳ Physics, General. |
16 | NA |
| Chemistry. ↳ Chemistry, General. |
11 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| CONSTRUCTION TRADES. ↳ Construction Trades. |
13 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General. ↳ Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician. |
8 | NA |
| Major | Graduates | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. ↳ Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. |
4 | $38,737 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
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