I toured F&M a few years ago with my D. She liked it just fine, and it was toward the top-end of her personal rankings but not the top two. There was nothing that she specifically did NOT like so much as she liked the others more. I think she would have been fine there. I can’t speak to the academics in your department, so I won’t attempt that. One thing I will say is that the town of Lancaster seems a little more accessible to walk/ bike to if you don’t have a car than U Richmond, which, as you know, is in a beautiful residential neighborhood but is very cut off from the kinds of little eateries, shops, and even practical kinds of places ( like CVS) that students generally like to have nearby. URicmond, of course, is drop-dead gorgeous (some might say TOO perfect) and yet my D and I felt that it could feel claustrophobic…too much an unreal,?upscale bubble away from things. Some love that very thing about it so it depends on the person. F&M has a very attractive campus but it feels real, in a nice enough but bit grittier part of town. If you happen to like dogs, ( yes, dogs 
) there is a state-of the-art dog park in a large city park next to campus and it’s fun to watch all the canine action (or ask to pet someone’s dog if you need a little pick- me-up). Another bonus is that Lancaster is well-known as a foodie paradise, with every possible kind of restaurant, for being a small city. There’s also an Amtrak station on the line to Pittsburg to the west and NYC to the north east, should that interest you.
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