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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
$30,257
+$4.5k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

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

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.

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

1.0pp gap
Pell recipients
36%
Non-Pell
35%

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.

Program outcomes

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

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.

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.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$29,119
$30–48k$29,737
$48–75k$32,094
$75–110k$32,068
$110k+$30,316

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

Avg net price (private)
$30,257
+$4,470vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $25,788
Federal loans
49.1%
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.

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
$2,694,059 total
Direct Loans
$106.0M
4,040 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
472 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.

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.

Distinct CIP programs17
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

574 total completions
01Health Professions
30753.5%
02Biological Sciences
7212.5%
03Psychology
6711.7%
04Business
437.5%
05Liberal Arts
417.1%
06Parks/Recreation
274.7%
07Computer Sciences
81.4%
08Family/Consumer Sci
71.2%
09Multi/Interdisciplinary
10.2%
10Personal/Culinary
10.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
2,714
12-mo unduplicated
3,161
Undergraduate
1,106
Graduate
2,055

Gender split

Men
49%1,546
Women
51%1,615

Race / ethnicity composition

White
30.3%
Black
25.6%
Hispanic
19.2%
Non-resident
16.5%
Unknown
3.3%
Asian
3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
2.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
715
424 M · 291 W
Women athletes
40.7%
Athletic aid
$5.6M
Total student aid
Budget
$10.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$3.4M
$2.0M
Recruiting expense
$23K
$25K
Head-coach salaries
$50K
$46K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
134 M · 89 W
$677K
Wrestling
159 M · 40 W
$2.4M
Other Sports
65 M · 68 W
$1.5M
Soccer
42 M · 39 W
$1.3M
Volleyball
36 M · 24 W
$717K
Basketball
22 M · 25 W
$1.2M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.91
8 offenses · 2,753 students

3-year trend

2.542 yrs ago1.791 yr ago2.91Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
20
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
5
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
3
Burglary
2
Aggravated assault
2
Fondling
1

By location

8total
  • On campus8

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

VAWA offenses

4
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
4 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons02
Drugs93
Liquor22

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.

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.

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$30,257Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Piedmont University
47%93.3%1,857$20,893Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Rollins College
75%47.5%3,046$33,847Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Faulkner University
38%73.1%3,086$21,165Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Savannah College of Art and Design
69%83.0%18,550$45,450Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Stetson University
62%71.6%3,775$21,318Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median54%73.1%3,066$25,788

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 $30,257 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.

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