• Lynchburg College was founded in 1903 as a selective, independent, coeducational, residential college, with historical and current relationship to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a denomination which values and celebrates all faith traditions.

• 214-acre campus located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Lynchburg, Virginia; 3 hours southwest of Washington, D.C., and 2 hours west of Richmond, Virginia

• Our Freshman Year Experience program, LC Connections—a program that provides each freshman student with an upperclass student mentor—recently won a national award from the National Academic Advising Association.

• Schewel Hall is a new 68,000 square foot state-of-the-art academic building, which opened in fall 2005. While all students take classes in Shewell Hall, the School of Business & Economics and the School of Communication and the Arts are housed here. Features of Shewell Hall include technology use in every classroom, a mock stock trading floor, specialized teaching-learning and focus group settings for business students, a Donovan Media Development Center, which includes television and recording studios, desktop publishing and video projection equipment, broadcast and print journalism facilities. The 250-seat Sydnor Performance Hall is used by students in music and also serves as a spectacular site for a variety of special events.

• Claytor Nature Study Center, a 470-acre outdoor science laboratory with a new state-of-the-art research facility, is located 30 minutes from campus. The College has expanded the Claytor Nature Study Center to include a dome observatory that houses the 20-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope, an optical design also used in the Hubble Space Telescope. Students and faculty are now pursuing astronomical research in conjunction with other regional colleges and universities.

• In the past three years, the number of applications has doubled, resulting in the largest freshman classes in the history of the college, while maintaining the academic strength of the class. These classes have averaged 575 students each fall.

• 2,010 students (1,834 undergraduates and 350 graduates)

• 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio

• Average class size: 19

• Approximately 45% of students are from out of state; students represent 36 states and 6 countries.

• Approximately 60% of students are female and 40% are male.

• 82% of full-time faculty hold the most advanced degree in their field; there are no teaching assistants.

• 135 full-time faculty and 82 part-time faculty members.

• 35 majors, 43 minors, and 13 pre-professional programs.

• Comprehensive Fee: $33,785

• 96% of students receive financial aid.

• 70% of students receive a merit-based scholarship.

• Average annual financial aid package: $18,000

• 89% of students stay on campus every weekend.

• NCAA Division III, Old Dominion Athletic Conference; Earned 130 Division titles; 180 All American Athletes.

• Approximately 100 clubs and organizations, including intramural and club sports.

• Average SAT composite score: 1030

• Average GPA: 3.09