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College Factual ranked Longwood as #1,512 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Longwood is also ranked #32 out of 63 schools in Virginia.
Longwood University has an acceptance rate of 90%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Longwood.
About 26% 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 600. Math scores were between 510 and 570.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Longwood University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Longwood University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Longwood University has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Longwood the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 50%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Longwood University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,940 undergraduates at Longwood with 3,319 being full-time and 621 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,071 | $14,936 | $17,384 | $21,691 | $24,602 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Longwood, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Longwood, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,102 a year. That adds up to $28,408 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Longwood is 3.2%. 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.
See which majors at Longwood University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of 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 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 108 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 108 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 58 | NA |
| Nursing | 54 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 54 | NA |
| General Psychology | 50 | NA |
| Social Work | 35 | NA |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 34 | NA |
| General Biology | 31 | NA |
| History | 26 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,611 students took at least one online class at Longwood University. This is a decrease from the 3,140 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,611 | 904 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,140 | 794 |
| 2018-2019 | 362 | 276 |
| 2017-2018 | 428 | 303 |
| 2016-2017 | 352 | 245 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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