Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Liberty University

Every higher education/higher education administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the higher education/higher education administration program at Liberty University stacks up to those at other schools.

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Liberty University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Online Classes Are Available at Liberty University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Liberty University does offer online education options in higher education/higher education administration for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

Liberty University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Rankings

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in higher education/higher education administration, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Student Demographics at Liberty University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the higher education/higher education administration majors at Liberty University.

Liberty University Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of higher education/higher education administration master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 29% men graduate in higher education/higher education administration each year. Liberty University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the higher education/higher education administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Liberty University with a master's in higher education/higher education administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	56
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Related Majors

• Urban Education & Leadership
• General Educational Leadership & Administration

Careers That Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in higher education/higher education administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Postsecondary Education Administrators	2,770	$113,240
Education Administrators	1,280	$104,310

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.