Ferrum College

Ferrum College, founded in 1913, offers a wide variety of educational and cocurricular programs to students. Located in Ferrum, Va., it is a four-year, residential college, offering students easy access to the various metropolitan areas of Roanoke, Va., and Greensboro, N.C., and to several shopping, social, dining and entertainment options. It also provides several outdoor adventure and recreation and cultural enrichment programs. Ferrum offers more than 30 areas of study, ranging from business and environmental science, to teacher education and criminal justice. The college also provides in-room computers, and enrolls more than 1,000 students from over 25 states and several countries, on its nearly 700-acre campus.