Longwood University is a public institution that was founded in 1839. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 4,355, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 160 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Longwood University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (South), 31.

The Longwood University campus is located in Farmville, Va., about 150 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Undergraduates at Longwood University can choose from more than 100 majors, minors, and concentrations, and graduate students can pursue master’s degrees in business, education, English, sociology, and communication sciences and disorders.