Life University Graduate Schools

Life University (referred to as Life) is a Private, 4 years school located in Marietta, GA. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Life University is $10,374 in average. The school has 1,838 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,753 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1986 - Current).

Life Directory Information
School Name	Life University (Life)
Address	1269 Barclay Circle, Marietta, GA 30060
Phone	800-543-3202
Web	https://www.life.edu
Online Application	https://apply.life.edu/Datatel.ERecruiting.Web.External/Pages/welcome.aspx
Financial Info	https://www.life.edu/admissions-pages/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Life University is $10,374 in average. The school has 1,838 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,753 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 19 graduate programs through Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 5 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$10,374
Student Population	1,838
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	19 graduate programs (5 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Life University is $10,374 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $329.

Life University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Life University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	5 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Life University is $10,374. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.50% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$10,224	$1,491
2019-2020	$7,667	$1,491
2020-2021	$7,802	$1,491
2021-2022	$8,532	$1,491
2022-2023	$8,883	$1,491

The graduate school tuition & fees of Life is inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Georgia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Georgia graduate tuition is $18,795 (public) / $15,304 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Life University	$10,374
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Georgia Graduate Schools	$12,353	$16,610
Public	$6,888	$18,795
Private	$15,304

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $27,600 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Life University. On-campus living costs are increased by 15.00% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $27,600. Off-campus living costs are increased by 15.00% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$14,400	$9,600	$14,400	$9,600
2019-2020	$14,400	$9,600	$14,400	$9,600
2020-2021	$14,400	$9,600	$14,400	$9,600
2021-2022	$14,400	$9,600	$14,400	$9,600
2022-2023	$18,000	$9,600	$18,000	$9,600

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $329 at Life University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.11% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$284
2019-2020	$295
2020-2021	$305
2021-2022	$316
2022-2023	$329

Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at Life University.

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Life University
	Tuition	Fees
Chiropractic	$30,375	$1,491

Graduate Programs at Life

Life University offers 6 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 510 students have completed their study at Life University.

Offered Degrees at Life University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	5	1	67
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	443
Total	6	1	510

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Life University by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Psychology program with 36 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Chiropractic program with 443 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Life University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology	✔	36	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	27	-
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	✕	4	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	0	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	0	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Life University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Chiropractic	✕	443	-

Life University offers 6 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 510 students have completed their graduate studies.

67 students have earned/completed Master's program.
443 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's
Doctorate (Practice)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	36 completers	-
Psychology	✔	36	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	0	-
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	✕	4	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	27	-
	Total	67

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	443 completers	-
Chiropractic	✕	443	-
	Total	443

Graduate Student Population at Life

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,866 students enrolled into Life University graduate schools where it has total 2,753 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,627 full-time and 239 part-time graduate students. By gender, 904 male and 962 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,866	904	962
Full-time	1,627	789	838
Part-tme	239	115	124

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 892 White (47.80%), 349 Black/African American (18.70%), 411 Hispanic (22.03%), 65 Asian (3.48%), and 149 students with other races. 63 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,866	904	962
American Indian/Native American	20	7	13
Asian	65	32	33
Black/African American	349	116	233
Hispanic	411	222	189
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	892	458	434
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	66	32	34
Non-resident Alien	63	37	26

Life University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 116 graduate students (6.22% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 232 graduate students (12.43% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,866
Enrolled Online Exclusively	116
Enrolled Some Online Courses	232
Not in Online Courses	1,518

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Life University. 764 students are aged 20 to 24 (40.94% of total students), 3 students are aged below 20 (0.16%), 30 students are aged above 50 (1.61%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Life University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,866	904	962
Age 18-19	3	3	0
Age 20-21	71	34	37
Age 22-24	693	306	387
Age 25-29	752	392	360
Age 30-34	192	108	84
Age 35-39	56	28	28
Age 40-49	51	23	28
Age 50-64	28	4	24
Over 64	2	0	2
Age Un-Known	18	6	12