201 High Street, Farmville, Virginia 23909
Ken Copeland – Director, Economic Development
Phone: 434-395-2086
copelandpk@longwood.edu
www.longwood.edu

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ABOUT LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY

Longwood University, located in the heart of Virginia, is a coeducational, comprehensive public institution offering more than 100 majors, minors, and concentrations to more than 4,850 students. Founded in 1839, Longwood offers undergraduate programs in business administration, education and human services, the arts and sciences, plus graduate programs in education, English, sociology, and a new M.B.A in retail management.

RANKING

• For the fourteenth straight year, Longwood University is ranked among the best in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Colleges” rankings. Longwood ranks #10 in the category “Top Public Universities—Master’s” in the South.
  

• Recognized as one of the “Best Southeastern Colleges” by Princeton Review for 2012.
• For the second time, Longwood is included in Forbes’ America’s Best Colleges 2011, a list of more than 600 undergraduate institutions, compiled with research from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and based on 11 factors measuring the quality of the education each school provides, the experiences of its students, and the achievements of its graduates.
• In August 2011, Longwood University welcomed the largest freshman class in its history. The freshman class numbers 1,090, an 8 percent increase over last year’s freshman class and a 4 percent increase over the largest previous class, in 2008, which totaled 1,053. The size of the freshman class is even more impressive considering that the number of freshmen who were accepted was down 5 percent compared to last year. Also noteworthy is the 12 percent increase in males in this year’s freshman class.

FULLTIME ENROLLMENT: approximately 4,850 (2011-2012)

IN-STATE TUITION: Undergraduate: $18,644; Graduate: ~$386 / per credit hour
OUT OF STATE TUITION: Undergraduate: $30,494; Graduate: ~$878 / per credit hour

AFFILIATED SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, GRADUATE SCHOOLS
Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business and Economics
College of Education and Human Services
College of Graduate and Professional Studies

Cormier Honors College for Citizen Scholars
Longwood Small Business Development Center
Virginia Comprehensive Health Education Training and Resource Center

SELECTED DEGREES OFFERED