Education at Liberty University

If you plan to study education, take a look at what Liberty University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Education section at the bottom of this page.

Liberty University Education Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Education (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Master’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Liberty University

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Liberty University offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Liberty University Education Rankings

There were 387 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at Liberty University

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

Liberty University Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of education master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from Liberty University, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	269
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	994
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	487

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Liberty University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	759
Teacher Education Grade Specific	582
Special Education	381
Curriculum & Instruction	380
Student Counseling	364
Teacher Education Subject Specific	118
Instructional Media Design	69
General Education	54
Teaching English or French	25

Related Majors

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Elementary School Teachers	36,450	$67,610
Teacher Assistants	31,030	$28,000
High School Teachers	26,830	$68,770
Middle School Teachers	17,130	$66,870
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12,720	$41,370

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.