Longwood University Student Population

How many students at Longwood? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,612 students have enrolled in Longwood University with 3,314 undergraduate and 1,298 graduate students.

By gender, 1,316 male and 3,296 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (4,908 students on average - public Master's College and University (medium programs)).

1,398 students are enrolled exclusively, and 379 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Longwood University has a total of 4,612 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,314 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,298 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,316 male and 3,296 female students (the male-female ratio is 29:71) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,219 White, 535 Black, and 92 Asian students out of a total of 4,612 are attending at Longwood University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Longwood University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 49.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Longwood has 76 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 3,385 students under 25 years old, and 1,227 students over 25 years old out of 4,612 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 76 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Longwood has 3,143 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 171 students aged 25 and over.

It has 242 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,056 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Longwood University, 1,398 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 379 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,147 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 251 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,314 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 122 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.68%.117 students have transferred in as full-time status and 5 students transferred in as part-time status.