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Southern Virginia University
One University Hill Drive
Buena Vista, VA 24416		 General information
 (540) 261-8400

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degrees
Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
Number of students: 701 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 35

Mission
Our mission is to prepare leader-servants in the workplace and the world, in the community and the church, and in the home. We serve faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and welcome all who live our values. We accomplish our mission by providing the finest undergraduate education available in letters, arts, and sciences within a wholesome Latter-day Saint environment. Students, faculty, and staff at Southern Virginia University are committed to being academically or professionally accomplished, spiritually rooted, service oriented, and self-reliant. We embody Southern Virginia's core values, which are scholarship, discipleship, accountability, enthusiasm, and refinement. Southern Virginia University seeks to establish a replicable self-sustaining model of higher education that can serve Latter-day Saints throughout the world.
 
About this School
Southern Virginia University is a small private college in Buena Vista, Virginia. It currently has fewer than 1,000 students. It is owned by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but does not receive funding from the LDS church and nor is officially affiliated with the church. The school was founded as a for-profit institution in 1867 as the Bowling Green Female Seminary. At that time "seminary" meant a school for girls or women. In 1900 the school was moved to Buena Vista and renamed Southern Seminary. The short form of "Sem" would be the common name of the college from then on. In 1922 the school became a junior college and was renamed Southern Seminary and Junior College. In 1959 it became a non-profit college under the control of trustees. In 1961 the school ended its high school program and became Southern Seminary Junior College. The financial health of the college began to decline in the 1980s, and by 1996 the school was at the point of closing. Late name changes were to Southern Virginia College for Women in 1993 and simply Southern Virginia College when the school began accepting male students in 1994. In 1996 the school was sold to a group of LDS businessmen from Virginia and the Washington, D.C. area, who had the goal of establishing an institution founded on LDS principles in the eastern United States (Brigham Young University, the most prominent school operated by the Church, has campuses only in Utah, Idaho and Hawaii). In 2000 the school regained its accreditation and was renamed Southern Virginia University. Some alumni of Southern Seminary, however, do not consider SVU to be a continuation of their alma mater, but rather consider it to have closed in 1996 and SVU to be a new institution. Noted Professor of History at SVU, Francis MacDonnell, is the author of Insidious Foes. One of Southern Virginia University's most high profile professors is the noted science fiction author and LDS member Orson Scott Card, who cut some of his writing time to teach at the college.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 16,500$ 16,500$ 15,826
Out of State$ 16,500$ 16,500$ 15,826
Books and Supplies$ 900$ 880$ 800
On-Campus
Room and board$ 5,500$ 5,400$ 5,000
Other Expenses$ 2,300$ 2,200$ 2,600
Off Campus
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Off Campus w/ family
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Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 25% $ 3,582
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 14% $ 2,547
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 96% $ 4,739
Loans to students 61% $ 8,035
 
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