as $245,218, while the median annual income for graduates was $50,040.
An analysis of Health Education Assistance Loan defaults, conducted by Quackwatch at four intervals between 1999 and 2012, consistently showed that Life University had the highest number of defaulted loans among health professionals. During this period, the proportion of loan defaults by Life students accounted for between 8% and 12% of all health professional defaults.
=== Anti-vaccine sentiment ===
Life University has been associated with discouraging vaccinations, a position that contrasts with the recommendations of mainstream medical and public health experts. In 2017, anti-vaccine activists Andrew Wakefield and Del Bigtree were invited to speak at Life University’s “flagship seminar.”
In 2023, Life University president Rob Scott invited Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a well-known figure in the COVID-19 anti-vaccine movement, to be the closing speaker at the university’s “Life Vision Extravaganza,” a convention with space for up to 2,000 attendees.
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