Liberty University

I am Veteran and a History Major, I have enjoyed the Christian based Education. I am attending online. Liberty’s customer service, military affairs dept. and finical aid are all awesome There are videos that the professors talk in. There are good books and challenging test. I previously attended southern New Hampshire University online. While their customer service was excellent. Their curriculum was horrible. If you are a liberal, communist or socialist Southern New Hampshire is for you. If you want a real education with facts and History go to Liberty University.

Great school, and you don’t even have to be a Christian to attend. But you can not complain when they include religious aspects into «their» program. Did anyone notice all the hate from those who did not finish their degrees? College is not just about learning, it’s about navigating the bs that’s everywhere.

I like it so far. Only sucky part I had with this school was the financial aid so much stuff you have to go through just to finish the check in. But other than that I’m in enjoying it I started my first two classes on ¹⁄₁₈. Hopefully all my courses be this easy lol! Including the ones that’s coming.

Maybe because I am doing Liberty Online, I have a different perspective. I transferred from a JC and when I applied at other colleges, they didn’t count any of my classes and I had to start over as a freshman but Liberty gave me credit for most of my classes so I could be placed where I should — as a junior. I will be graduating in Spring 2016 with my Bachelor’s and aside from one bad teacher, the facility have been great! Teachers are helpful, the staff ask if I need help with anything and they even offered to extend a deadline (that on their site said NO exceptions).
Perhaps on campus is a different story, but LU online is awesome. I am a mom who needs flexible schooling and Liberty was a godsend. I would definitely recommend it!

As someone who transferred to LU from a state U, I was very pleased with everything. From financial aid services to academic affairs, to the professors, I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people. Perhaps I was lucky with my professors, as every college tends to have a few bad apples. However, we are adults, and in college we should be treated to an extent as adults, o if you have an issue, ask! Do not wait for someone to tell you what to do, or why you got a bad grade. Simple as that :)
Also, it is a CHRISTIAN university. Yes, every class will have something in it having to do with Christianity. You will take Bible classes and an Apologetics class, regardless of your major. If you do not like it, or are not comfortable, there are other colleges out there.

As a Veteran’s Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation veteran attending this online school, I stand firm by warning military members from this school. To date, the school claims that they need an official transcript from a school that they would not accept credits from in my unofficial evaluation. The unofficial transcript was provided yet not one credit was transferred in out of 18 credits. Perhaps my denial of signing up for financial aid pissed them off but why would a veteran or anyone who has a 100% funding source even bother with financial aid! It clearly shows what the school is about, greed.
Another note for anyone claiming their military status. This school’s marketing tactics for military was to «give» a $ 400 book voucher free, no strings attached. Well, that was a blatant lie as they never would put it in writing and when looking at my student account when I began to have issues 2 months in, well, let’s just say that they actually charged the VA Vocational Rehabilitation program the book fee. Three weeks later, I called them on it, in writing of course, and magically, it disappeared off my student account.
A note on the actual education, well, they are no different from the majority of other online schools that set their platform up as a type of correspondence course and having someone facilitate the turn in of assignments and discussion board posts. Let’s face it, there is no teaching, period.
Luckily, my counselor’s seen this as a bad experience and a huge red flag for any and all veteran’s because of the utter disrespect this school has towards taking advantage of veteran’s as a whole and suggested that I find a different school. Not to mention the 4 classes taken in the first term, will not transfer or mean a hill of beans to any other school when transferring. To date, I have been attending this school for nearly 90 days and the VA Vocational Rehabilitation have yet to receive their billing after certifying my attendance over 120 days ago. Perhaps, they are trying to find loopholes in charging Department of VA more than what I actually received. Insane to say the least because they make claims on being a «Christian» school which last I read, Christians uphold certain ethical standards along with morals and values. Not Liberty University.
Lastly, even though I have tried to make contact with other offices to bring insight to my experience, there is never any call back or assistance. Their mere avoidance proves that my goal of completing my degree is not what they claim in their mission statements nor any other claims made. If I could have given a negative 5 stars, they deserve it. Nothing about this school supports their «Military Friendly» school claim.

As a veteran, who has pursued other online degrees, I was very disappointed. Liberty’s classes are almost a joke, with most answers found on Google for business classes. There are no video lectures, and the degree is basically a correspondence program. The only reason they have grown as a school is because they have preyed on US soldiers and veterans (over 70% of the online students). The admissions office for liberty online is as big as a basketball arena. No joke, which gives you the idea of how aggressive they are. Why would a university need such a large admissions office? Ohio State, with 50,000 students doesn’t have as near as big an office. Also, I graduated with so much debt with a degree that no one recognizes? Not good. Maybe people recognize the degree in Virginia, but not outside the State. Go to a school that is recognizable and lower debt.

Wow great university state-​of-​the-​art for 2015 without no question let’s just put it this way they just raised 500 million dollars to put into the school. Not to give a lot of details but if I can give this one detail the library is second to none to any other university in the US as far as i’m concern they have a robotic book system that is the only one and usa that they had to bring in from Japan. if you have any child going to the school they will have every tool at their disposal to be successful academically.

Worse! University! Ever! Don’t enroll here. Horrible experience. They continue to change policies on how things are done. No one there can do anything with customer service and it’s impossible to talk to anyone other than a minimum wage person unless you go in person to the Lynchburg campus. GO ANYWHERE FOR A DEGREE EXCEPT LIBERTY.

Let me ask one question. Why in heaven’s name would an institution that believes in heaven and hell want to name their sports teams the flames? Maybe the kickasses or but kickers or. How about the LuLus. Peace and love from a devout bible Christian who just happens to be a Catholic.

What happened to my children? They grew up in a small Amish town in Ohio, attended a private Christian school. My kids were always close to me, especially my daughter. We would ride dirt bikes together, took her skydiving, traveled. They had no curfews, they were great kids. Now they have a love of money, With tuition, expenses, apt. rent, food, books, you know all of it, my wife and I spent nearly $ 2400 a month on each kid. One graduated with only $ 12,000 in loans and I gave him a 1970 numbers matching Nova SS for graduation, my daughter graduated with $ 17,000 in loans. So a few months before her graduation I went to ER for a heart attack, both kids happened to be in town that weekend one for 5 days the other for 3, guess what never even checked on dad! No calls or anything about how I was doing. The only thing was if I was going to take them and friends to the most expensive place to eat in town and were mad that I couldn’t get out of the house. So it has been rocky since then, my daughters friends stop at my place of business and ask me what has happened to my sweet small town girl (Valedictorian) who always put other people first. «She acts like she is too good for us» My son tells everyone he has paid his won way through college. These kids didn’t call mom for her birthday. They are in love with MONEY, the education the got was a joke, $ 400 books that changed every semester, kids that I don’t know. What happened? I cut them off, no more money, no more credit card bills of a grand a month for over the top expenses. But for graduation I rented a suite in the football stadium (18 of them) yea at $ 1600 for 4 hours. Got a cottage in the Blue Ridge Mountains, got 6 people coming with me and today both my wife and I receive official notices from Liberty University PD that banned us from any grounds and events there. You read that right the University was banning us from graduation, why? lies/​kids got mad cause I cut them off? made up stuff? No calls from the University, just nasty letter. I lose my money? I spent $ 178,000 dollars to send and keep my kids there and this is what I got. Kids that don’t care about people, love money and lie. To boot, my daughter would call me in the first and second year wanting to transfer home because she said she felt like she was being brain-​washed. She WAS! Now what do i have for sacrificing 23 years of my life? A BAN from graduation from Liberty U and kids who I don’t know. Keep your kids close to your home. Worst mistake of my life, the wife and I are so sad.

beware of their strange financial aid structure. For one they hold your refund for an entire month. Second each semester I was there they came back and altered my financial aid after the semester was over so that I would have to pay it back. First semester was 500.00 and the second semester was 1000.00. Has never happened to me at another university. That was my last semester there for multiple reasons.

Darn, I was not able to give them a negative star. I enrolled at Liberty because they offer a good discount for veterans. I applied for financial aid this year. I spoke to their office to ensure that there were no issues before school started and was advised everything was good to go. I have several emails relating to their confirmation of this. I complete financial check in and start classes. During the last week I see I have another refund. A few days later, it is gone and there is a balance on my account. I call to find out what had happened and they explain they screwed up when giving out aid (their fault) and over paid me. Now, lets go back to their emails confirming everything was ok. If I had known they were incapable of adding or subtracting, I would have pursued a different school. Stay away. You can get a better education through McDonalds Academy. Their student accounts office is full of ignorant people trying to force you to pay for something that you are not responsible for. They then send what you do not owe, to collections. I say, bring it on!

Liberty University Online. I will be finished with my master’s in 2 weeks. Excellent format. Excellent facilitators (PhD’s). EXCELLENT customer service EVERY time I call for help.
A lot of writing requirements. You EARN your grade. Faith based education in every class. I can’t wait to go visit the campus.

The classes are convenient. Professors are really there for you and help you out every step of the way. I like that i get a phone call every so often checking to see where I’m at in my studies. The student advisory is extremely helpful.

I had an amazing experience here. You get out of it what you put in. I did hear undergrad has very strict rules but I went for grad school and didn’t stay on campus. This school offered so much support academically that I truly feel prepared as a professional. The people were super helpful, kind, caring, and I met some great friends. Also, it was more cost effective than most grad programs.

So to begin with I went to liberty for 5.5 years plus three summers. I graduated with 3 undergrad degrees (finance, international business, nursing) and 2 minors (biblical studies, psychology). I lived on campus a year and off the rest. So i have a pretty broad well rounded view of the school. I also worked locally and lived in Lynchburg 2.5 years post graduation.
I came to LU as a Christian desiring to follow God and left with no belief in God. For this I am very thankful! While I think I would have come to this realization without liberty I think it certainly helped.
Academically liberty is ok. Professors still think they are god (trust me sir I can google everything you tell me in class to check your facts) and they still teach myths such as young earth creationism as if it were fact. Also they have different grading systems per major. An A can be a 90%, 92%, or a 93%. I was moderately equipped for job… (3 stars)
Financial assistance, while it can be a real pain in the butt I actually got a lot of assistance and cant complain personally (4 stars)
Academic assistance, not really existent? (2 stars)
Sports. A complete joke. Seriously. They are actually even worse since I’ve graduated. They don’t seem to do a good job recruiting or something. Nice facilities… sorta. but when compare to Baylor they are nothing (1 star)
Religion. Being a Christian school you expect some relgious aspects. But forced church 3 times a week? Closing gym facilities for every freaking service? Only one sided view of Christianity? Calvinist, charismatics, post millennials, christian democrats, christian evolutionists, all shunned. Nice worship show I guess (2 stars)
Students. You have everyone here. Awkward homeschoolers. Stuck up christian school preps. Ghetto and upperclass. Nerdy and jocks. And yes partiers. Lots of them. Don’t be fooled. Kids in liberty drink, do drugs, sleep around, party, and break all the rules. And I think thats good. Sadly many of them were so sheltered they dont know how to handle themselves. Also there are a lot of gays at LU which sadly are not always treated humainly or felt ok being open. Some of my best friends went to liberty as well as some of the people I most dislike. The party scene has declinednin recent years for reasons unknown but has at times been quite thriving. (4 stars)
Location. Theoretically Lynchburg is a good location for a school. Like Asheville NC or Charlottesville VA. but there is soo much untapped potential in this town. Everything is done half way. Nothing is truly excellent. Which is sad. Mountains, trails, rivers, a cool downtown, but so under developed. (2 stars)
Campus. The old campus sucked. When I went there. But the new and improved campus is shaping up to be something beautiful. I am very impressed. Still needs work but they are doing a good job. (4 stars)

It could have been better. You will never find so many real Christians and die-​hard hypocrites in one location. Without proper attitude adjustment before showing up here, you may leave as damaged goods.
I was in the RN nursing program and I was not given any notice that I had a C in the Pathophysiology class. They then gave me a month to bring my grade up and then promptly dismissed me from the program. However, my best friend and I worked together on all of the same projects and homework and she passed that particular class, gloriously. She also failed two classes and somehow was graduated on time without ever being dismissed from the program.
Oh, wait. I was the only male in the major. Oh, wait. The head of the program brought me to her office before the second Christmas vacation and personally said that she wasn’t going to let me through her nursing program before I knew that I had any academic deficiencies. Oh wait. She got let go a year later.
Dr. Britt was great. I wish her well. She inspired me and we can all only hope she continues to bring Glory to God.

Decided to start my MBA and took a tester class, Business Law. Decent professor, interesting information, but I got an A on every paper. I’m a good student, but there was no growth. As a masters student I want to grow and struggle and Liberty did not provide that. Also, my peers’ discussion posts were not at the professional level one would expect for grad school. Understand they are only regionally accredited and not nationally. The AACSB accreditation is important and it’s apparent why they don’t have it. I have since transferred to an AACSB professional MBA program and an glad I did. Also, you will be bombarded by Liberty via the phone and texts to register. It’s like spam calls daily and when you press 2 after the message to opt out of future calls they still call!
I get what they are trying to do, but it’s not worth going there. Plus in a lot of eyes their education is looked at similarly to University of Phoenix… not real.

I’ll keep this short… any «university» that accepts students right off the bat using their unofficial transcript is a scam! They claim they’re accredited but their accreditation is worthless. I’ve attended classes at other religious school like Notre Dame de Namur and St. Mary’s College and none of them included religion into the curriculum the way this cult school does. What the hell does Jesus have to do with statistics? Why do I need to include two quotes from the Bible when I’m writing my a paper on public management? They get one star for their commitment to the veterans using their military benefits but the classes and professors are a joke.