College · Public · Farmville, VA · Town
Longwood University
Farmville, VA
Admit rate90%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size3,015
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 90% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1120 · ACT 20.
If you get in
3,015 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $35k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$138k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$76k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$62k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $15.7k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $28.0k
- Room & board
- $17.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,250
How students pay for it.
Pell grants28%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans46%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention79%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr61%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$46k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out26%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 3,015
- Location
- Farmville, VA
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White73%
- Black10%
- Hispanic7%
- Two or more races5%
- Unknown2%
- International2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students28%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$73k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 28
What you can study.