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Life University

Marietta, Georgia·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·life.edu
6-yr Graduation
38%
-16.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
2,714
peer median 3,066
Avg net price
$29,791
+$3.9k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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AdmissionsOutcomesProgram outcomesAccreditationCostFederal aidLoan defaultsAcademic programsEnrollment trendsAthleticsCampus safetyFacultyPeersIR OfficeCommon Data Set

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
574
574 candidates competed
Admitted
534
93.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
225
42.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
38%-16.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
29%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
38%
Full-time retention
63%

Pell equity

3.4pp gap
Pell recipients
36%29 of 80
Non-Pell (all)
39%37 of 94
Subsidized loan, no Pell
35%15 of 43
No Federal Aid
43%22 of 51

Non-Pell students graduate at a 3.4-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 33 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 26 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
33
Passing
6
18.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
3.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
3.0%
+2.4pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

33programs
  • Passing6 · 18.2%
  • No Data26 · 78.8%
  • Failing1 · 3.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
5
No data
26

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

7
Chiropractic
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-4.0%
$57,734 vs $60,112
Psychology General
Master's Degree · Psychology
+13.9%
$55,408 vs $48,653
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+46.1%
$50,853 vs $34,808
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+56.0%
$54,291 vs $34,808
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+64.6%
$57,278 vs $34,808
Physiology Pathology and Related Sciences
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+65.1%
$57,462 vs $34,808
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+124.5%
$78,151 vs $34,808

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Chiropractic
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-4.0%
−$2,378

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

6
Chiropractic
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
417%
$240,476 debt · $57,734 earn
Psychology General
Master's Degree · Psychology
62%
$34,167 debt · $55,408 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
57%
$31,000 debt · $54,291 earn
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
52%
$26,167 debt · $50,853 earn
Physiology Pathology and Related Sciences
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
42%
$24,167 debt · $57,462 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
25%
$14,167 debt · $57,278 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1986Next review Jun 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 17

  1. Jan 2026Accreditation Reaffirmed: Probation Removed
    Council on Chiropractic Education, Commission on Accreditation · Chiropractic (CHIRO) - Programs leading to the D.C. degree
  2. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jul 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  4. Jul 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    Council on Chiropractic Education, Commission on Accreditation · Chiropractic (CHIRO) - Programs leading to the D.C. degree
  5. Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$28,151
$30–48k$28,136
$48–75k$30,263
$75–110k$33,995
$110k+$30,883

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$29,791
+$3,853vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $25,938
Federal loans
52.3%
In-state tuition
$15,036
Out-of-state
$15,036

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 459 students received $2.7M in Pell grants, alongside $106.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
459
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.7M
$2,711,341 total
Direct Loans
$106.0M
4,041 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
0k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.8M
473 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.7M
506 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$56.4M
1,622 loan awards
Parent PLUS$1.3M
65 loan awards
Grad PLUS$44.8M
1,375 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 724 borrowers who entered repayment, 21 (2.9%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.9%
+0.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
724
Defaulted
21
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.4%
2017
9.7%
2018
6.1%
2019
2.9%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Life

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs17
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

755 total completions
01Health Professions
42556.3%
02Biological Sciences
9412.5%
03Psychology
8110.7%
04Liberal Arts
557.3%
05Business
466.1%
06Parks/Recreation
253.3%
07Computer Sciences
192.5%
08Family/Consumer Sci
91.2%
09Multi/Interdisciplinary
10.1%
10Personal/Culinary
00.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,714
12-mo unduplicated
3,144
Undergraduate
1,132
Graduate
2,012

Gender split

Men
50%1,563
Women
50%1,581

Race / ethnicity composition

White
27.8%
Black
27.6%
Hispanic
18.1%
Non-resident
17.3%
Unknown
3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
3.0%
Asian
2.1%
Two or more
0.6%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
691
386 M · 305 W
Women athletes
44.1%
Athletic aid
$6.9M
Total student aid
Budget
$11.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$4.0M
$2.7M
Recruiting expense
$23K
$15K
Head-coach salaries
$74K
$65K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Wrestling
137 M · 46 W
$2.8M
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
108 M · 66 W
$1.0M
Other Sports
46 M · 73 W
$1.7M
Soccer
55 M · 45 W
$1.5M
Lacrosse
27 M · 27 W
$733K
Volleyball
30 M · 24 W
$724K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.11
3 offenses · 2,711 students

3-year trend

1.792 yrs ago2.911 yr ago1.11Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
16
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
11
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
3

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

3
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
3
Stalking
6 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Race1
  • Gender1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons01
Drugs00
Liquor01

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
115

Life vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Life selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectLife University
38%—2,714$29,791Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Piedmont University
47%93.3%1,857$20,599Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rollins College
75%47.5%3,046$34,732Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Faulkner University
38%73.1%3,086$22,085Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Savannah College of Art and Design
69%83.0%18,550$49,430Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Stetson University
62%71.6%3,775$19,372Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median54%73.1%3,066$25,938

Institutions like Life

Explore the federal data for institutions in Life's comparison group.

IPEDS

Life Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning, and Research
Email
Institutional.Research [at] life.edu
Phone
770-426-2784
Address
1269 Barclay Circle, Marietta, GA 30060

The mission of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning, and Research (OIEPR) is to facilitate an integrated approach to assessment, planning, and institutional research that supports continuous institutional improvement, and data informed decision making.

Visit IR office page
Team
2 members
  • Troy Tani
    Executive Director for Operational Technology
  • Howard G. Wright
    Director, Institutional Research

Common Data Set

Life's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Total enrollment
2,796
939 UG · 1,857 grad
6-yr graduation rate
28%
Student–faculty ratio
14 to 1
Est. net price (aided)
$34,196
after avg need-based grant
01

Affordability & Value

Cost of attendance

G
Total$39,996
Tuition
$12,10530%
Fees
$1,4914%
Room & board
$14,40036%
Books
$2,4006%
Other
$9,60024%

Total sticker cost of attendance is $39,996 (2021-2022).

Sticker vs. net price

G+H
Sticker COA
$39,996
Net (aided)
$34,196
Avg need grant
$5,800

Sticker $39,996 → about $34,196 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($5,800); 40% of demonstrated need is met.

Where grant aid comes from

H1
Federal
980,00080%
State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
244,00020%

0% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.

Graduate debt

H4/H5
Grads with debt
75%
Avg debt
$34,000

75% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $34,000 on average.

02

Outcomes & Equity

Graduation & retention

B
6-yr grad rate
28%
Retention
—

6-year graduation rate 28%; first-year retention None.

Equity: Pell graduation gap

B4
All students28%
Pell recipients27%

Pell-grant recipients graduate 1 pts below the overall rate (27% vs 28%).

03

Academic Experience

Class-size distribution

I3
2-9 students55
10-19 students58
20-29 students26
30-39 students2

80% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.

Faculty profile

I
Student–faculty ratio
14 to 1
Faculty with terminal degree
78%
Women faculty
47%

Key faculty indicators.

04

Student Body & Diversity

Undergraduate race/ethnicity

B2
White, non-Hispanic34.9%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic25.6%
Hispanic/Latino21.3%
Nonresident aliens10.4%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown3.3%
Asian, non-Hispanic3.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic1.4%

Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.

International students

B2
International UG
98
Share
10%

10% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).

Undergrad vs graduate

B1
Graduate
1,85766%
Undergraduate
93934%

939 undergraduates and 1,857 graduate students.

05

Transfer Path

Transfer admissions

D1
Applied
313
Admitted
267
Enrolled
138

313 transfer applicants → 267 admitted (85.3%) → 138 enrolled

Source publications

Frequently asked questions about Life University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Life.

What is the graduation rate at Life University?

Life University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 38% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Life University?

Life University reports a total enrollment of 2,714 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Life University?

The average net price at Life University is $29,791 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Life University?

Life University's yield rate is 42.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Life University located?

Life University is located in Marietta, Georgia 30060.

Who runs Institutional Research at Life University?

Life University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Planning, and Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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