Longwood University Overview

Longwood University is a public institution located in Farmville, Virginia. The surrounding location of Farmville is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Longwood University Known For?

• The highest award offered at Longwood is the master's degree.
• In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Longwood makes roughly $52,347 a year. This is 28% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Longwood University?

Contact details for Longwood are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 High St, Farmville, VA 23909
Phone:	434-395-2000
Website:	www.longwood.edu

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How Do I Get Into Longwood?

You can apply to Longwood online at: www.longwood.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Longwood

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Longwood?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, Longwood is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 42% of students accepted to Longwood submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 590.

Longwood received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Longwood University?

The overall average net price of Longwood is $35,697. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Longwood, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,262 a year. That adds up to $29,048 over four years for those students.

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Longwood University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,940 undergraduate students at Longwood, with 3,319 being full-time and 621 being part-time.

There are also 901 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,319 full-time undergraduates at Longwood, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Longwood University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	25
Black or African American	358
Hispanic or Latino	203
White	2,442
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	246

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Longwood University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at Longwood. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom.

Longwood University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	109	296	405
Teacher Education Grade Specific	69	0	69
Communication & Media Studies	52	0	52
General Psychology	51	0	51
General Education	0	50	50
Teacher Education Subject Specific	12	38	50
Liberal Arts General Studies	49	0	49
Nursing	47	0	47
Criminal Justice & Corrections	47	0	47
Communication Sciences	20	23	43
Health & Physical Education	41	0	41
General Visual & Performing Arts	28	0	28
History	26	0	26
Sociology	25	0	25
General Biology	23	0	23
General English Literature	20	0	20
Student Counseling	0	19	19
Social Work	18	0	18
Computer Science	16	0	16
Political Science & Government	11	0	11
Natural Resources Conservation	10	0	10
Design & Applied Arts	9	0	9
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	8	0	8
Mathematics	8	0	8
Physics	7	0	7
Anthropology	7	0	7
Chemistry	5	0	5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	4	0	4
Allied Health Professions	1	0	1
Economics	1	0	1
TOTAL	724	426	1,150

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Webster Geneva under License

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