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?

• Students at Longwood have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at Longwood.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Longwood University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Longwood.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#45	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Longwood has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#18	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#23	Highest Paid Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Graduates	College Factual
#23	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students	College Factual
#25	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#26	Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	College Factual
#31	Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/LongwoodUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/longwoodu

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	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Longwood?

With an acceptance rate of 92%, 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 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

About 93% 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 490 and 590. Math scores were between 470 and 550.

Longwood received ACT scores from 26% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford Longwood University?

The overall average net price of Longwood is $35,705. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Longwood, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,177 a year. That adds up to $28,708 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Longwood is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Longwood University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,324 undergraduate students at Longwood, with 3,793 being full-time and 531 being part-time.

There are also 587 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,793 full-time undergraduates at Longwood, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	41
Black or African American	377
Hispanic or Latino	217
White	2,794
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	306

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.

Online Learning at Longwood University

In 2017-2018, 428 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Longwood has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 55th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Longwood

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Longwood University was 373.6%. This is the #173 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Longwood regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Longwood majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	5%
Business, Management & Marketing	5%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Longwood ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Longwood.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Business Administration & Management	#44
Business, Management & Marketing	#57

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Longwood University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	142	18	160
Liberal Arts General Studies	140	0	140
Criminal Justice & Corrections	67	0	67
Nursing	66	0	66
Communication & Media Studies	64	0	64
General Biology	59	0	59
Communication Sciences	33	24	57
General Psychology	56	0	56
General Education	0	50	50
History	47	0	47
Health & Physical Education	45	0	45
Social Work	41	0	41
Sociology	40	0	40
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	36	36
General Visual & Performing Arts	34	0	34
Design & Applied Arts	24	0	24
General English Literature	20	0	20
Natural Resources Conservation	19	0	19
Political Science & Government	19	0	19
Computer Science	17	0	17
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	16	0	16
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	12	0	12
Mathematics	12	0	12
Anthropology	8	0	8
Chemistry	5	0	5
Allied Health Professions	4	0	4
Physics	4	0	4
Economics	2	0	2
Special Education	0	0	0
TOTAL	996	128	1,124

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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