Longwood University

Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839, and became a university on July 1, 2002. It currently has an undergraduate enrollment of about 3,700 students and a total enrollment of 4,400. Longwood offers over 100 majors and minors, with business as the most popular, followed by education and psychology. The largest department on campus by faculty is Engli... more

Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839, and became a university on July 1, 2002. It currently has an undergraduate enrollment of about 3,700 students and a total enrollment of 4,400. Longwood offers over 100 majors and minors, with business as the most popular, followed by education and psychology. The largest department on campus by faculty is English and Modern Languages, with 44. A new nursing program was recently added fall semester in 2009 The university is consistently ranked in the top ten public, masters-level universities in the South by U.S. News and World Report, and was recently selected by USA Today as one of only 20 schools in the country that actively promote and foster student success. The Longwood Theatre program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre. In 2008 the university opened submissions for and mounted the 1st Annual Longwood Ten-Minute... less