Quad

Head-to-head

Liberty
Colorado Christian

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Liberty has 9.0× as many undergrads as Colorado Christian

    Undergrads
  2. 2

    Colorado Christian's grants cover 43% of its full price on average, vs. 28% at Liberty

    Aid generosity
  3. 3

    Liberty graduates 13 pts more of its students than Colorado Christian (44% vs. 31%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Colorado Christian grads earn $5.6K more ten years out than Liberty's ($50,416 vs. $44,813)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  5. 5

    Liberty is more diverse (index 0.63 vs. 0.60)

    Diversity index
  6. 6

    Colorado Christian has 2 pts more first-gen students than Liberty (45% vs. 42%)

    First-generation students

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Hollow dots at the center mean that measure isn't reported.

Who's hardest to get into

Liberty admits 99%; Colorado Christian doesn't report an acceptance rate.

Acceptance rate
Liberty99%
Colorado ChristianNot reported
Quad's selectivity
  • LibertyOpen
  • Colorado ChristianNot rated
SAT middle 50%
LibertyTest-blind
Colorado ChristianNot reported
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • LibertyGPA and school record required
  • Colorado ChristianNot reported

Who's on each campus

Liberty is nine times Colorado Christian's size and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Liberty50K
Colorado Christian5.5K
Pell Grant share
Liberty38%
Colorado Christian37%

Majors and faculty

Business Administration and Management leads at Liberty, and Applied Psychology at Colorado Christian.

Students per faculty member
Liberty18 to 1
Colorado Christian17 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • LibertyBusiness Administration and Management, General15%
  • Colorado ChristianApplied Psychology16%

What each costs

Liberty and Colorado Christian cost about the same a year on average; Colorado Christian's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Liberty$30.5K
Colorado Christian$31K
Aid generosity
Liberty28%
Colorado Christian43%

What each pays off

Colorado Christian's former students earn more, a median $50.4K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 44% at Liberty to 31% at Colorado Christian.

Median earnings, 10 years
Liberty$44.8K
Colorado Christian$50.4K
Graduation rate
Liberty44%
Colorado Christian31%

How each has changed

Applications fell at Liberty, which got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • LibertyShrinking−45%
  • Colorado ChristianNot reported
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
Sources for this comparisonEvery dataset and year behind the numbers in this comparison; tap any ⓘ for one number's source

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why