Admissions

How to become a Liberty student:

• Complete your free international application.
• Complete your admissions essay.
• Request your official high school or college transcripts to be sent in. These documents may need to be translated into English and will require a credential evaluation.
• Submit your Affidavit of Financial Support. A sponsor letter and bank document are required.
• If your native language is not English, please send in your English proficiency exam score report. Examples include TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, or iTEP Academic Plus exam.
• Submit a copy of the photo page of your passport.

Please note: This is a simplified overview of the process. Please contact an international admissions specialist for detailed information and to answer your questions.

Scholarships

When your admissions decision has been made, an international admissions counselor will automatically post to your account certain scholarships and institutional aid that you are eligible to receive. This does not include certain scholarships that may require an additional application (e.g. Honor’s program).

Below are the forms of aid available for eligible students:

• Students with a grade average of 3.0 or higher, on a 4.0 scale, will be awarded an Academic Scholarship unless they submit test scores that are lower than eligible for academic scholarships.
• All international students enrolling in a bachelor’s degree program on Liberty’s campus will receive the Champion Award which has a value of $8,000 distributed over four years. This award starts with $1,000 for the first year and increases each year of enrollment for four years.
• Students with excellent grades in high school are encouraged to apply for the Honors Program before enrolling in the university. Students who may not have qualified for the Honors Program before attending may apply after their first semester by submitting their Liberty University first semester’s grades, provided it’s 4.0 GPA. Honors Program students earn a scholarship of $2,000 per semester.
• Liberty encourages international students to apply for scholarships from outside the university. The university offers special workshops to help students locate and apply for such awards.
• Students who live within campus housing for one or more years and are interested in a leadership role can apply to be a Resident Assistant (RA) or Resident Shepherd (RS). These responsibilities come with scholarships.
• Students with special athletic abilities are encouraged to contact the coach of the sport they are interested in playing to learn more about athletic scholarships. Liberty is an NCAA Division I school and athletic scholarships are very competitive.
• Applicants with special financial needs should discuss scholarship opportunities with their admission counselor to make sure they have considered every opportunity available.
• Liberty offers a very competitive Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship with only a limited number of scholarships available each year.

*Prospective students must have a cumulative un-weighted high school GPA of 3.50 AND a 1350 or higher SAT score and/or a composite 29 or higher on the ACT
*Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 each semester while attending Liberty University in order to continue to receive the scholarship
*Students must directly enroll at Liberty University the following fall semester after graduating from high school
*Student must live in an on-campus residence hall for the first academic year (Fall and Spring semesters) of enrollment at Liberty University
*These requirement are subject to change.