30,000

According to a local news station, Jerry Falwell's own Liberty University received 30,000 applications this year. Estimated breakdown of applicants:

20% - Eager young scholars who love Jesus and Falwell and can't wait to attend

10% - Self-hating gay teens hoping that fundamentalist Baptist college will cure them (Will deeply regret by sophomore year)

50% - Forced to apply by parents hoping save their heathen offspring from booze and gayness

5% - Foreign students with poor English skills who mistakenly assumed Liberty would be "the most free" American university

15% - Applied as safety school in case of thin envelopes from Bob Jones and the shitty Bible College two miles from home.