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LongwoodUniversity
President
Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan became Longwood University’s 25th
president on July 1, 2010. He came to Longwood from the United States
Military Academy at West Point where he served as Dean of the Academic
Board from 2005 to June 2010.
Mission
Longwood University is an institution of higher learning dedicated to
the development of citizen leaders who are prepared to make positive
contributions to the common good of society. Building upon its strong
foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the University provides an
environment in which exceptional teaching fosters student learning,
scholarship, and achievement. As the only four-year public institution in
south central Virginia, Longwood University serves as a catalyst for regional
prosperity and advancement.
Student Enrollment
Fall 2010
Undergraduate
Graduate
Total
Full-Time
3,875
116
3991
Part-Time
251
589
840
All
4,126
705
4,831
SAT Mid-Range:
1020 – 1150
Gender Ratio:
31/69 – Male/Female
Faculty
Part-Time Faculty:
60
Administrative/Professional Faculty:
172
Classified:
300
Instructional Faculty:
214
2011 US News & World Report Rankings
For the 13th straight year, Longwood University is ranked among the best
in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report survey, “America’s Best Colleges,”
which ranks Longwood #9 in the category, “Top Public Universities-Master’s”
in the South. Among all Southern Universities-Master’s (public and private)
Longwood remains in the top tier at #27.
Additionally, Longwood University is again one of the best colleges and
universities in the Southeast according to The Princeton Review, which
selected Longwood as one of 133 institutions it recommends in its “Best in
the Southeast” section of its 2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region survey.
And, for the first time, Longwood University is included as one of the best
colleges in the United States in the Forbes 2010 list of America’s Best
Colleges.
Longwood University, founded in 1839, is a public four-year, co-educational institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees to over
4,800 students. Ninety-four percent of our 3,839 undergraduate students are from Virginia with 31 percent being male, 69 percent female
and 12 percent minority. The faculty-to-student ratio is 1 to 18, and 90 percent of Longwood’s faculty are full-time.
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