Tuition set to go up

Published 11:58 am Monday, July 28, 2025

The Longwood University Board of Visitors voted at their latest meeting to approve modest tuition and fee increases for 2025-26.

The Board approved a 1.3 percent increase of Longwood’s published tuition rate for in-state undergraduates. Including required non-Education and General fees, total published prices for in-state students will rise $510 for the coming academic year, to $16,250, based on a 30-credit yearly load. Tuition and mandatory fees for out-of-state undergraduates will increase $510, to $28,490.

Because of Commonwealth support and other scholarship resources, most Longwood students receive some form of financial aid, which means they pay a “net price” that is already lower than the full, published price. Longwood anticipates the average “net price” for students and families this coming year — that is, what they actually pay — will be approximately flat. Longwood officials said that thanks to a hefty range of scholarship resources, the school continues to invest heavily in financial aid and has extended to students strong financial aid packages for 2025-26.

Despite sharply higher operating costs due to inflation, Longwood will continue its commitment to affordability. Published and net prices have increased well below the overall rate of consumer-price inflation in recent years. Over the last decade, published price increases have averaged only a little over 2% annually — among the very lowest of the Commonwealth’s public institutions.