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Longwood University is a public institution located in Farmville, Virginia. Farmville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

$35,697 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
90% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Longwood University?

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Contact details for Longwood are given below.

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

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 Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Longwood?

90% Acceptance Rate
68% Of Accepted Are Women
26% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 90%, Longwood is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Longwood University  ( 520 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Longwood University  ( 510 to 570 )
200
800
Longwood received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 16 and 24.

ACT Composite Scores for Longwood University  ( 16 to 24 )
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36

Can I Afford Longwood University?

$35,697 Net Price
57% Take Out Loans
1.6% Loan Default Rate
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 $7,102 a year. That adds up to $28,408 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Longwood is 1.6%. 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

3,010 Full-Time Undergraduates
70% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,486 undergraduate students at Longwood, with 3,010 being full-time and 476 being part-time.

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There are also 1,126 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,010 full-time undergraduates at Longwood, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 32
Black or African American 323
Hispanic or Latino 185
White 2,203
International Students 42
Other Races/Ethnicities 225

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

904 Took All Classes Online
1,611 Took At Least One Class Online
252.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,611 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.

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Online Growth Rankings of Longwood

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Longwood University was 252.5%. This is the #153 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Longwood regardless of major.

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%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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