Bridgewater College, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college historically affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. The college is located in Bridgewater, Virginia, a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. Established in 1880, Bridgewater College is the first co-educational four-year college in Virginia. Nestled in the scenic and historic Shenandoah Valley, Bridgewater's 190-acre (0.77 km) campus features buildings with a modified Georgian architectural style. The college enrolls just under 1,700 students (60% female, 40% male) with guaranteed, required on-campus housing. Bridgewater College is one of six charter member colleges affiliated with Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA). Bridgewater is an NCAA Division III school competing in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The college fields varsity teams in ten men's and twelve women's sports. In 2001, the Bridgewater College football team finished the season as national runner-up after a 30-27 loss to Mount Union in the Stagg Bowl NCAA Division III National Football Championship.