What does Liberty Online tuition cost for 2026-27?

Per the tuition page: undergraduate full-time $410/credit hour (part-time $475); graduate $600 ($665 part-time); doctoral $630 ($695); military rates $250 (UG), $310 (grad), $395 (doctoral tracks). Technology fee $349/semester; estimated books/online content $716/year.

Liberty Online· Renewal Rules

Keeping Liberty Online’s Merit Aid for Four Years

What the financial-aid office actually requires after freshman year: minimum GPA, credit-hour pace, and the cliffs that quietly downgrade families mid-degree.

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At a glance

Renewable tiers: 6 of 7
One-time tiers: 1
Tiers with published renewal terms: 6
Renewal risk profile: low

Renewal risk profile

Liberty Online's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.

First Responders Discount: See notes
Liberty Advantage: See notes
LU Parent Discount: See notes
Heroes Fund Scholarship: See notes
SBCV / WVCSB Pastor Scholarships: See notes
Military Tuition Discount (rate-based): See notes

Renewal terms by tier

First Responders Discount
25% tuition discount
To keep it: If enrolled beyond the initial approval period, Liberty may request documentation be resent to confirm continued eligibility.
Source: https://www.liberty.edu/online/scholarships/
Liberty Advantage
15% off tuition
To keep it: Complete the LUO Advantage Discount Form annually by July 1 in myLU.
Source: https://www.liberty.edu/online/scholarships/
LU Parent Discount
15% off tuition
To keep it: Applied once you and your student start classes; conditions tied to the residential student's enrollment.
Source: https://www.liberty.edu/online/scholarships/
Heroes Fund Scholarship
All remaining tuition and class fees after financial aid and military aid
To keep it: Covers the student's first certificate, associate, bachelor's, or master's degree.
Source: https://www.liberty.edu/online/scholarships/
SBCV / WVCSB Pastor Scholarships
Full tuition
To keep it: Awarded annually and expires in the summer of each year; must provide a new church letter each summer semester to re-apply.
Source: https://www.liberty.edu/online/scholarships/
Military Tuition Discount (rate-based)
$250/credit hour undergraduate; $310/credit hour graduate; $395/credit hour doctoral (2026-27)
To keep it: Rates published per academic year on the tuition page.
Source: https://www.liberty.edu/online/tuition-and-fees/

How families lose this aid

Expecting a GPA- or test-based merit scholarship.
Liberty Online's published institutional awards are affiliation/status-based (first responder, military, church, employer, parent). No academic stat grid or automatic GPA award appears on the scholarships page.
Thinking '100% tuition' awards cover everything.
SBCV/WVCSB awards state 'Student is responsible for all fees'; the First Responders Discount leaves books, materials, and the $349/semester technology fee unpaid; Heroes Fund excludes School of Aeronautics and School of Law class fees.

Renewal questions families ask

What does Liberty Online tuition cost for 2026-27?: Per the tuition page: undergraduate full-time $410/credit hour (part-time $475); graduate $600 ($665 part-time); doctoral $630 ($695); military rates $250 (UG), $310 (grad), $395 (doctoral tracks). Technology fee $349/semester; estimated books/online content $716/year.

How Liberty Online compares across our verified dataset

669 of 751 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Liberty Online is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against Liberty Online’s own published materials.