The data presented in this paper are from a screener survey used to establish a cohort of college students for the Smokeless Tobacco Use in College Students Study. The goal of the overall study is to assess trajectories and correlates of SLT use in a cohort of college students by surveying them each semester beginning in their freshman year and continuing through the fall of their senior year. Colleges in NC and VA with freshman enrollment of 1000 or more were considered eligible for participation. Military schools, single-gender schools, and seminaries or “Bible” schools were excluded. Historically black colleges and universities were also excluded due to low prevalence of tobacco use among black college students (Sutfin et al., 2012 (link)). Of the 11 colleges and universities participating in the study, seven are located in North Carolina and four are in Virginia. Nine are public schools and two are private. Five schools are in rural communities, four are in suburban communities, and two are in urban communities. Undergraduate enrollment ranged from 4024 to 23,730 in 2009, the year prior to the screener survey.