[4] In 1989, the name was shortened to "Life College", as it had recently opened an undergraduate program and was no longer purely chiropractic.

[5] In 2024, a report by the U.S. Department of Education highlighted that students enrolled in Life University’s Doctor of Chiropractic program had a debt-to-income ratio of 490%.

Department of Education, College Scorecard Data 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.Mirtz, Timothy (23 April 2003).

More recently Life University has been associated with discouraging vaccinations, a position that contrasts with the recommendations of some mainstream medical and public health experts.

[9] A federal judge retroactively restored the accreditation in February 2003 and placed the chiropractic program on a probationary status.

This was due to CCE's investigators apparently concluding that Life students were not being taught how to detect and deal with problems that require medical attention.

CCE's investigative report noted that "all patient charts reviewed revealed primary diagnoses of subluxation."

[13] The Running Eagles previously competed in Mid-South Conference (MSC) from 2014–15 to 2021–22; as an NAIA independent within the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) from 2008–09 to 2011–12 (and again in the 2013–14 school year), and in the TranSouth Athletic Conference (TranSouth or TSAC) that only lasted within the 2012–13 school year.

Men's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, rugby, soccer, swimming, track & field, volleyball and wrestling.

Women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, swimming, track & field, volleyball and wrestling.

[19] This victory earned Life an automatic place and a chance to defend its title at the fall 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships, where Life went 5–1 and finished second in the tournament, losing in the Cup Championship match to rival Arkansas State.