As Longwood parents, you’re already aware of the quality of Longwood’s academic programs and overall college experience.
And it may make you proud—and give you bragging rights—to hear that Longwood has again climbed in annual rankings used by millions of families to make decisions about higher education.
This year, Longwood has moved to No. 6 among all regional public universities in the South, making it the 10th-straight year that Longwood is a top-10 public university in that category, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings out yesterday, Sept. 24.
For the last decade, Longwood has consistently found its place among the best regional academic institutions in the South, which are defined as offering undergraduate and master’s programs, but few doctoral programs. This year, in that category, Longwood climbed two spots, to No. 6, among public universities and climbed six spots, to No. 15, among all universities, both public and private.
Longwood also stayed in the top-tier of universities on the annual U.S. News Best Value in the South list, climbing 17 spots over the past four years and this year, for the first time, claiming the honor of being the top-ranked public university in Virginia on that list.
Longwood’s nursing program, which was named the Best BSN Program in the Southeast for 2022 by NursingProcess.org, moved up more than 100 spots on the nationwide U.S. News list, bolstered by its near-perfect pass rate on nursing licensure exams over the past seven years. Longwood’s psychology and undergraduate business programs are also highlighted on nationwide lists.
You can read the full story about how and why, we think, Longwood fared so well in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings here.
—Sabrina Brown