Colleges Near Big Island

Randolph College

• Private 4 Year
• Lynchburg, VA
• 4.5 | 2 reviews

• 13 miles from Big Island

Randolph is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Lynchburg's Blue Ridge foothills.

• SAT Range 1100-1210
• Avg GPA 3.35
• Acceptance Rate 94%
• Net Price $21,668

University of Lynchburg

• Private 4 Year
• Lynchburg, VA
• 5.0 | 1 reviews

• 14 miles from Big Island

University of Lynchburg is a private university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. Students live on a residential campus in Lynchburg near the Blue Ridge Mountains.

• SAT Range 980-1230
• Avg GPA 3.53
• Acceptance Rate 43%
• Net Price $23,845

Centra College

• Private 4 Year
• Lynchburg, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 14 miles from Big Island

Centra College is a private college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The Lynchburg campus is affiliated with the Centra Health hospital system.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price -

Southern Virginia University

• Private 4 Year
• Buena Vista, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 14 miles from Big Island

Southern Virginia is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, the arts, and the sciences. Most undergrads follow an LDS honor code on the small campus in Buena Vista in the Shenandoah Valley.

• SAT Range 943-1253
• Avg GPA 3.19
• Acceptance Rate 96%
• Net Price $24,561

Central Virginia Community College

• Public 2 Year
• Lynchburg, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 16 miles from Big Island

CVCC is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing, business, and industrial technology. Most students commute to the campus in Lynchburg.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $6,827

Liberty University

• Private 4 Year
• Lynchburg, VA
• 4.8 | 4 reviews

• 16 miles from Big Island

Liberty is a private Christian university known for undergraduate aviation, nursing, and business. The Lynchburg campus sits in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

• SAT Range 1040-1250
• Avg GPA 3.56
• Acceptance Rate 99%
• Net Price $29,532

Sweet Briar College

• Private 4 Year
• Sweet Briar, VA
• 4.2 | 5 reviews

• 16 miles from Big Island

Sweet Briar is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate equestrian studies and engineering. The rural campus sits in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.

• SAT Range 1100-1310
• Avg GPA 3.54
• Acceptance Rate 76%
• Net Price $21,322

Virginia University of Lynchburg

• Private 4 Year
• Lynchburg, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 15 miles from Big Island

Virginia University of Lynchburg is a private historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, religion, and the social sciences. Students attend a small campus in the city of Lynchburg.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA 2.1
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $19,066

Virginia Military Institute

• Public 4 Year
• Lexington, VA
• 5.0 | 2 reviews

• 18 miles from Big Island

VMI is a public military college known for undergraduate engineering and the sciences. All students join the Corps of Cadets and live in barracks under a military regimen on the historic Lexington campus.

• SAT Range 1050-1270
• Avg GPA 3.65
• Acceptance Rate 71%
• Net Price $18,825

Washington and Lee University

• Private 4 Year
• Lexington, VA
• 4.3 | 3 reviews

• 18 miles from Big Island

Washington and Lee is a highly selective private liberal arts university known for undergraduate business, journalism, and politics. Most undergrads live under a strict student-run honor system on the historic campus in Lexington.

• SAT Range 1430-1540
• Predicted Avg GPA 3.87
• Acceptance Rate 14%
• Net Price $23,055

Mountain Gateway Community College

• Public 2 Year
• Clifton Forge, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 33 miles from Big Island

Mountain Gateway is a community college known for undergraduate nursing and technical career programs. The campus sits in the small mountain town of Clifton Forge in western Virginia.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $5,728

Hollins University

• Private 4 Year
• Roanoke, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 34 miles from Big Island

Hollins is a private women's college known for undergraduate creative writing, English, and the arts. The campus sits in the Roanoke Valley near the Blue Ridge Mountains.

• SAT Range 1150-1340
• Avg GPA 3.76
• Acceptance Rate 68%
• Net Price $22,605

American National University

• Private 4 Year
• Salem, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 40 miles from Big Island

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $18,061

Virginia Western Community College

• Public 2 Year
• Roanoke, VA
• 5.0 | 1 reviews

• 39 miles from Big Island

Virginia Western is a public community college offering two-year associate degrees and career certificates, including programs in nursing and allied health. Most students commute to the Roanoke campus in the Roanoke Valley.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $5,492

Roanoke College

• Private 4 Year
• Salem, VA
• 4.5 | 2 reviews

• 41 miles from Big Island

Roanoke is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate business, biology, and psychology. The residential campus sits in Salem at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

• SAT Range 1090-1300
• Avg GPA 3.56
• Acceptance Rate 83%
• Net Price $26,044

Mary Baldwin University

• Private 4 Year
• Staunton, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 46 miles from Big Island

Mary Baldwin is a private university known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership. The residential campus is in the historic Shenandoah Valley city of Staunton.

• SAT Range 940-1120
• Avg GPA 3.57
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $17,810

Hampden Sydney College

• Private 4 Year
• Hampden-Sydney, VA
• 4.5 | 2 reviews

• 53 miles from Big Island

Hampden-Sydney is a private men's liberal arts college known for undergraduate rhetoric, history, and government. The historic campus sits in a rural setting in south-central Virginia.

• SAT Range 1030-1250
• Avg GPA 3.53
• Acceptance Rate 41%
• Net Price $29,717

Blue Ridge Community College

• Public 2 Year
• Weyers Cave, VA
• | 0 reviews

• 56 miles from Big Island

Blue Ridge Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and associate transfer programs. The rural campus is in Weyers Cave in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

• SAT Range -
• Avg GPA NA
• Acceptance Rate 100%
• Net Price $14,191