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Getting a good education is important. So is being able to get a good job after graduation with the freedom to start making an impact in your field – without being held back by unnecessary debt.
At Liberty University, we believe everyone should have an equal opportunity to pursue higher education, and it’s our job to keep that education affordable for you. That’s why 95% of Liberty students receive some form of financial aid.
Liberty is also one of the most affordable options in the nation. Discover all the ways you can finance your education at Liberty through our scholarship opportunities.
A New Scholarship Opportunity
The Middle America Scholarship
We’re placing hardworking citizens at the forefront. Liberty is the first university in the U.S., public or private, to design a financial assistance program for the working middle class.
Currently, many don’t qualify for the full Federal Pell Grant amount. The Middle America Scholarship is helping to bridge that gap.
If your family falls within the $35,000-$95,000 income bracket, you may be eligible for over $6,000 per year. And you may be able to lock in the Middle America Scholarship program amount for up to four years. You can find out more about the Middle America Scholarship in our scholarship listing below.
*A student must have completed 12 or fewer credit hours through Liberty to be considered a “new student” for eligibility purposes.
Qualify for a Variety of Scholarships
Resident Undergraduate Scholarships
Book Dollars
For prospective students awarded in their first semester (fall or spring) only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible.
Award: Up to $400 for one semester only
Eligibility: Complete Financial Check-In before the deadline
Additional Award Information: Book Dollars are based on the date Financial Check-In is completed. The earlier Financial Check-In is completed, the greater the award amount (maximum award up to $400). Book Dollars cannot be combined with most full-tuition scholarships such as National Merit and the Valedictorian/Salutatorian awards, etc. Book Dollars are automatically applied to the student’s Flames Card for use at the Barnes & Noble campus bookstore approximately 20 days prior to the start of classes. Book Dollars expire prior to the end of each semester and are non-refundable. Questions regarding the expiration can be addressed by the Resident Admissions Office.
Canadian Student Initiative
Award: 30% discount for tuition and 20% discount for room, board, and activity fee (U.S. dollar amount). Students are also eligible to be awarded an academic scholarship, up to $3,000 per year based on high school grades. Students are not eligible for the Pastor/Alumni Scholarship.
Eligibility: Canadians only. Please call and speak with Mrs. Sharon Bloomfield at (434) 592-3026 or email sbloomfield@liberty.edu.
Central Virginia Community College (CVCC)
For prospective students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible. Degree must be obtained prior to matriculation at Liberty.
Award: $5,000 per year up to four years
Eligibility:
- Must complete an Associate’s Degree from CVCC in 2008 or after
- Must graduate with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
- Must transfer directly to Liberty after completing the degree at CVCC
- This award is not stackable with the Phi Theta Kappa scholarship
Champion Award
Award:
Graduated yearly award:
Year 1 Full-time $1,000
Year 2 Full-time $2,000
Year 3 Full-time $2,250
Year 4 Full-time $2,750
*Amounts above are effective for new resident undergraduate students who begin first time attendance in Fall 2017
Eligibility:
- Must be accepted as an undergraduate resident student for the current year.
- Eligibility is based on the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) determined by the FAFSA.
- Transfer and re-applied students will begin with the first-year amount.
- The scholarship expires after one year of senior status (5th year + seniors will not receive Champion Award).
Early Deposit Award
For prospective students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible.
Award: Up to $2,000 awarded toward the first year of enrollment (amount varies–depending on the time of year)
Eligibility: Pay $250 Enrollment Deposit by the deadline
Heroes Fund Scholarship
Award: The Heroes Fund Scholarship (HFS) is offered to servicemembers and honorably discharged Gulf War veterans (1990–present day which includes Desert Shield, Desert Storm, OEF & OIF) pursuing their first certificate, associate, bachelor’s, or master’s degree. Students approved for this scholarship will be awarded an amount to cover all remaining tuition and fees once financial aid and military aid have been deducted from the total amount of tuition and fees charged.
Eligibility
- Be a recipient of the prestigious Purple Heart or
- Rated 50-100% disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or
- Rated 50-100% disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs for combat-related injury, illness, or condition or
- A spouse was killed in action during one of the Gulf Wars
To view full eligibility requirements, please visit our Heroes Fund Scholarship web page.
Application: Submit the documentation itemized on the Heroes Fund Scholarship: Application Process web page. A complete HFS application will include all of the general document requirements, as well as the appropriate qualifying documents, and any additional supporting documents that are determined as needed.
Honors Program
Award: $4,000 per year for up to four years
Eligibility:
*1270 SAT score for any SAT that was taken prior to March 2016.
If the student is transferring less than 60 hours and has a 3.5 un-weighted GPA or higher, he/she can apply for the Honors Program.
Alumni Legacy Award
Award: $1,000 per year for up to four years
Eligibility:
- For new residential undergraduate students only with a parent/guardian who earned an undergraduate degree or higher from Liberty University (guardian could have completed a Resident or Online degree, does not include certificates)
- All eligible applicants may receive only one Alumni Legacy Award award, regardless if more than one parent/guardian earned an undergraduate degree or higher from Liberty University
- New resident undergraduate full-time consecutively enrolled degree-seeking student
- Must maintain Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress while enrolled at Liberty
- Must complete the FAFSA each year and VTAG application (as applicable)
- Transfer students are eligible
- Complete the Alumni Legacy Award application prior to freshman year of enrollment
- Must be a federally dependent child as defined by the U.S. Department of Education
- For prospective students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible.
Liberty Academic Scholarship
For prospective students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible.
Award: You can receive the award (determined below) up to 4 years of enrollment as a resident student.
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Eligibility:
- Liberty will use the best of the following grade point averages: High School GPA or a simple average of all college GPAs in which the student transferred between 12 and 24 credit hours into Liberty University.
- SAT/ACT are not required for students age 22 or older.
- The grid above reflects the amounts students are eligible to receive per year based on the Math and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) or Critical Reading (CR) portions of the SAT, the composite score of the ACT and cumulative GPA. Super scoring is used for both the ACT (all four subtests) and the SAT (Math and ERW/CR only).
- Students must meet the minimum Financial Aid satisfactory academic progress (SAP) standards to continue receiving this scholarship.
- Transfer students should contact the Office of Admissions with questions regarding their Liberty Academic Scholarship eligibility.
Liberty Local Private School Scholarship
Award: Varies; this scholarship combines with a student’s other Liberty scholarships to total 50% of the student’s tuition charge. Example: If a student’s semester tuition cost is $10,000 and their current scholarships total $3,000, the Local/Regional Christian School Scholarship would be awarded to the student in the amount of $2,000.
Eligibility:
- New resident undergraduate student (starting in Fall 2022)*
- Must have graduated from an approved local private Christian school after attending the school for at least 4 years
- Enrolled full-time in a degree-seeking program
- US citizen or federally eligible non-citizen
- Must complete the FAFSA and any corresponding federal aid reviews
- Must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress
- Must immediately attend Liberty University’s undergraduate residential program after high school graduation; transfer students are not eligible
*A student must have attempted 12 or fewer credit hours through Liberty to be considered a “new student” for eligibility purposes. Click here to find out if your school is eligible.
Liberty Virginia High-Achiever Scholarship
Award: $800 per year for up to four years
Application and Eligibility:
- For new resident students attending full-time as a degree-seeking student
- Must have an unweighted cumulative high school GPA of 3.4 or higher
- Must maintain satisfactory academic progress and a GPA of 3.0 or higher while enrolled at Liberty
- Must complete the Math Placement test or obtain qualifying college Math credit by the end of the fourth semester of enrollment
- Must live on campus for the first year of enrollment (fall and spring)
- Must be a Virginia resident
- Must complete the FAFSA each year and the VTAG application (as applicable)
- The scholarship is not available to transfer students
Liberty University Marching Band
Award: Varies
Eligibility: Serve on the Spirit of the Mountain Liberty Marching Band.
Lynchburg Beacon of Hope – Stay Close, Go Far Promise Program
Award: $8,000 ($2,000 per year for up to four years)
Eligibility: Graduate of a Lynchburg City School who attended 9th-12th grade who is accepted into a degree-seeking program at Liberty
Award: Additional $2,000 per year ($1,000 per semester, $8,000 over four years) for up to four years from Liberty to help fund meal plans beginning Fall 2019.
Eligibility: Be a “Stay Close, Go Far” scholarship recipient
Middle America Scholarship
Award: Up to $6,395 and is stackable with other Liberty aid except DGIA, CE, and any athletic scholarships, up to the General Scholarship Rule
Eligibility:
*A student must have completed 12 or fewer credit hours through Liberty to be considered a “new student” for eligibility purposes.
Missionary Scholarship
Award: Full tuition per academic year (less other federal, state, and Liberty institutional gift assistance; room, board, and fees not included) disbursed over four consecutive years of a bachelor’s degree
Eligibility:
- Additional details about Liberty’s Missions Programs & Scholarships are provided here.
- The MK Scholarship program awards a limited number of scholarships per year and is highly competitive.
- Must be a new resident undergraduate full-time consecutively enrolled, degree-seeking student
- Must be beginning first enrollment at Liberty, including transfer students
- If you have earned college credit through an accredited institution during high school, prior to attending Liberty University, you may still apply for the MK Scholarship
- Must be a college-age child of a missionary who meets the federal definition of dependent student.
- Parent(s) must be serving full-time on a foreign mission field, not in the United States, (or on an approved furlough of 1 year or less) in good standing with an approved, participating agency.
- Must submit an official signed letter from the mission agency confirming the missionary status and field placement (or approved furlough of 1 year or less) by the application deadline before their first/freshman year.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or federally defined eligible non-citizen. Legally adopted non-citizens who meet all other applicable criteria may appeal for eligibility.
- Must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each year and the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant (VTAG) application, if applicable.
- Must live on campus all four years of enrollment.
- Must contribute spiritually, academically, missionally, through fellowship and conduct themselves in a way which is aligned with the Code of Conduct which includes proactively serving during Missions events and participating with the Third Culture Kid (TCK) Group.
- Must complete an application authorizing Liberty to confirm the missionary parent/s status in subsequent years and will be reviewed annually for continued eligibility status of the MK Scholarship.
- Must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 each semester while attending Liberty University in order to continue to receive the MK Scholarship.
- Must remain in good standing with the University.
National Merit
For prospective students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible. The National Merit awards are limited in the number of each scholarship offered per year and are highly competitive.
Award:
- Finalist – Full tuition, room (all tiers) & board (standard meal plan) for up to four years
- Semi-finalist – Full tuition for up to four years
- Commended – Full tuition for up to four years
If a recipient of a National Merit award is also awarded a stipend through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the stipend is stacked onto the awards listed above.
Eligibility: Must show National Merit Certificate and be in the Honors Program to receive the scholarship.
Pageants
Award: $2,000 per year for up to four years
Eligibility: Contestants have to have won one of the following pageants:
- Miss Virginia USA
- Miss Virginia Teen USA
- Miss Virginia America
- Miss Virginia Teen America
Phi Theta Kappa
Award: $1,000 per year for up to four years
Eligibility:
- Must be a member of Phi Theta Kappa and have proof of membership
- Transfer into Liberty University directly from a two-year college with at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA
- This award is not stackable with the Central Virginia Community College Scholarship
Recruitment Events Scholarship
For prospective students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible.
Award: Amount varies depending on the event (see Scholarship Certificate for the amount and stackability restrictions)
Eligibility:
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- Attend a Liberty recruitment event and enter your name in the drawing for the scholarship.
- Must submit the Enrollment Deposit.
- Must complete, sign, and return the scholarship form to the Resident Admissions Office.
Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship
For new resident undergraduate students only. Current students who did not receive this scholarship upon matriculation are not eligible. The Valedictorian/Salutatorian program awards a limited number of scholarships per year and is highly competitive.
Award: 100% tuition-only scholarship (after subtracting other non-loan financial aid such as institutional aid, Pell, FSEOG, VTAG, etc.) per year for up to four consecutive academic years.
Application and Eligibility:
- The Fall 2022 application deadline has already passed.
- All applications must be submitted electronically to ResidentScholarships@liberty.edu
- Applications received in the mail will not be considered
- Must have a cumulative un-weighted high school GPA of 3.50 AND a 1350+ SAT score (evidence-based reading/writing and math only) or a composite 29+ ACT
- A school administrator must verify that the applicant is ranked as either 1st or 2nd in their class. Students attending schools who do not provide class ranks are not eligible to receive this award.
Approved School Administrators are as follows:
- For homeschool students: parent or guardian, supervising principal, or co-op official.
- For public/private school students: school principal or guidance counselor.
- Must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 each semester while attending Liberty University in order to continue to receive the scholarship
- 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
- Recipients are not eligible for the New Student Book Dollars award
- All Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship Applications must be received by April 1. No late applications will be accepted. The Admissions Office in conjunction with the Liberty University Scholarship Committee will conduct periodic reviews of all applicants and begin awarding scholarships to highly qualified candidates as early as February. Students will be notified via email upon being awarded the Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship. Selected Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship recipients must complete Financial Check-In by April 15, otherwise, they forfeit the scholarship to another qualified student.
Additional Award Information: This scholarship is only available in the Fall and Spring semesters. All applications must be submitted electronically to ResidentScholarships@liberty.edu. Applications received by regular postal mail will not be considered. The deadline to apply for this scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year has passed. The 2023-2024 Valedictorian/Salutatorian Scholarship Application will become available in January 2023. The Valedictorian/Salutatorian program awards a limited number of scholarships per year and is highly competitive. Recipients are not eligible for the New Student Book Dollars award.
Virginia Scholarship
Award: $1,500 per year for up to four years
Application and Eligibility: Must be a legal, domiciled resident of the state of Virginia
Word of Life Bible Institute – 1 Year
Award: $1,000 per year for up to four years
Eligibility:
- Transfer directly to Liberty with a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher after completing one full academic (Fall and Spring) year of attendance at WOLBI (domestic or international)
- You cannot attend another college or university prior to coming to Liberty University
Word of Life Bible Institute – 2 Years (Resident)
Award: $1,500 per year for up to four years
Eligibility:
- Transfer directly to Liberty with a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher after completing two full academic years (Fall and Spring) of attendance at WOLBI (domestic or international).
- You cannot attend another college or university prior to coming to Liberty University.
Resident Graduate Scholarships
Heroes Fund Scholarship
Award: The Heroes Fund Scholarship (HFS) is offered to service members and honorably discharged Gulf War veterans (1990-present day which includes Desert Shield, Desert Storm, OEF & OIF) pursuing their first Certificate, Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree. Students approved for this scholarship will be awarded an amount to cover all remaining tuition and fees once financial aid and military aid have been deducted from the total amount of tuition and fees charged.
Eligibility
- Be a recipient of the prestigious Purple Heart or
- Rated 50-100% disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a “combat-related” Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or
- Rated 50-100% disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs for “combat-related” injury, illness, or condition or
- A spouse was killed in action during one of the Gulf Wars
To view full eligibility requirements, please visit our Heroes Fund Scholarship web page.
Application: Students wishing to apply for the Heroes Fund Scholarship are required to submit the documentation itemized on the Heroes Fund Scholarship: Application Process web page. A complete HFS application will include all of the general document requirements, as well as the appropriate qualifying documents, and any additional supporting documents that are determined as needed.
Keesee Scholarship
Award: Variable scholarship amount
Eligibility: Details regarding eligibility and deadlines available here.
Virginia: Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship
Award: based on tuition and fees and an allowance for books/supplies
Eligibility:
- Must currently be a Virginia domiciled resident
- Must not have moved to Virginia for purposes of attending post-secondary school
- Must have been a Virginia domiciled resident between 1954 and 1964 and:
- A student in qualifying public school systems closed to avoid desegregation; and
- Unable to begin, continue, or complete your public school education during this time; or
- Relocated within or outside of Virginia to begin, continue, or complete your public school education during these years due to a school closing to avoid desegregation; or
- Ineligible to attend a private academy or foundation, in- or out-of-state established to circumvent desegregation; or
- Unable to pursue postsecondary education opportunities or training because of the inability to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalency
- Rawlings School of Divinity and theological academic programs are not eligible
General Scholarship Rule (GSR)
Resident students’ combined federal grants, state grants, and Liberty aid cannot exceed the combined cost of actual tuition and Tier 2 housing and food costs (see basic cost page). For commuter students and all online students, the GSR calculation only includes the cost of tuition since there is no direct housing and food charges, which means federal grants, state grants, and Liberty aid cannot exceed the actual cost of tuition. If the combined aid exceeds the total cost as specified, Liberty aid will be reduced to resolve the excess aid. The Federal Pell Grant is not included as a factor in the GSR for Resident students. All Liberty aid is subject to the GSR.
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Liberty University reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of any scholarship at any time at its discretion, as well as suspend or terminate any scholarships.
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
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