Ferrum College

Founded in 1913, Ferrum College (Ferrum, VA) provides outstanding career and graduate school preparation and life-long learning in a setting of rich natural beauty. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, Ferrum is a four-year primarily residential college with easy access to the major metropolitan areas of Roanoke, VA (35 miles to the north) and Greensboro, NC (70 miles to the south), where shopping, social, dining and entertainment opportunities abound.

Surrounded by mountains, lakes, rivers, state parks and numerous small towns brimming with regional heritage, Ferrum also boasts a wide variety of venues for outdoor adventure and recreation and cultural enrichment.

Ferrum offers 33 areas of study -- ranging from business and environmental science to teacher education and criminal justice -- as well as a dedicated faculty, small class sizes and campus-wide wireless Internet. The 1,400 men and women who attend Ferrum come from 25 states and a dozen countries; 80 percent live on Ferrum's 700-acre campus.