in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It has approximately 2,800 undergraduate and graduate students. The university's campus spans 264 acres.
== History ==
The University of Lynchburg was founded in 1903 by Josephus Hopwood as "Virginia Christian College". Hopwood was president of Milligan College in Tennessee when a group of ministers and businessmen approached him about establishing a college in Lynchburg. He agreed to serve as president, after which the group purchased the failed Westover Hotel resort for $13,500, securing Lynchburg's current campus. Hopwood worked with his wife Sarah Eleanor LaRue Hopwood to establish the college based on their shared vision.
The University of Lynchburg was the first institution in the United States to train nuclear physicists and engineers for the NS Savannah project under the order of President Eisenhower, to aid in the development and operation of the world's first nuclear-powered ship.
The institution officially changed its name to Lynchburg College in 1919, citing …
