Longwood University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 34 Title IV programs, 22 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 12 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing22 · 64.7%
- No Data12 · 35.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 6
Action history · 6
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Nov 2017Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Dec 2014Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,039 students received $6.3M in Pell grants, alongside $25.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,120 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Longwood
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus15
Includes 12 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Landings SE1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 3 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Longwood vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Longwood selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLongwood University | 61% | — | 4,612 | $19,066 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 39% | 88.6% | 5,605 | $15,840 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 39% | 87.8% | 6,053 | $15,282 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 54% | 90.8% | 6,043 | $12,947 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 41% | 68.4% | 6,163 | $8,365 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 33% | 73.0% | 6,768 | $11,898 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 40% | 87.8% | 6,048 | $14,115 |
Institutions like Longwood
Explore the federal data for institutions in Longwood's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsVirginia
Virginia State University
Grad rate39%Admit rate88.6%Enrollment5,605Net price$15,840View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsVirginia
Norfolk State University
Grad rate39%Admit rate87.8%Enrollment6,053Net price$15,282View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsLouisiana
Nicholls State University
Grad rate54%Admit rate90.8%Enrollment6,043Net price$12,947View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsGeorgia
Clayton State University
Grad rate41%Admit rate68.4%Enrollment6,163Net price$8,365View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsGeorgia
Albany State University
Grad rate33%Admit rate73.0%Enrollment6,768Net price$11,898View data
Longwood Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Longwood University carefully tracks the performance of its students, both in the assessment of student learning outcomes and through institutional measures of student achievement.
Visit IR office page- Anna KuthyDirector of Assessment
- Jeff LokeyAssistant Director of Curriculum Assessment
Common Data Set
Longwood's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $26,082 (2018-2019).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $26,082 → about $18,347 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($7,735); 79% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H125% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H569% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $28,376 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 68%; first-year retention 81%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 6 pts below the overall rate (62% vs 68%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I354% of classes have under 20 students; 1% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~10% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B21% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B14,470 undergraduates and 603 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1400 transfer applicants → 342 admitted (85.5%) → 198 enrolled
Source publications
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