List of Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States
This is a list of higher education Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States:
Current institutions
Affiliations:
- CLC = Church of the Lutheran Confession
- ELCA = Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- ELS = Evangelical Lutheran Synod
- Ind. = Independent Lutheran
- LCMS = Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
- WELS = Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
College or university | Location | Year founded | Affiliation | Undergraduate students | Graduate students | Endowment[1] |
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Augsburg University | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 1869 | ELCA | 2512 | 806 | $59 million[2] |
Augustana College | Rock Island, Illinois | 1860 | ELCA | 2376 | - | $197 million[3] |
Augustana University | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 1860 | ELCA | 1818 | 295 | $100 million[4] |
Bethany College | Lindsborg, Kansas | 1881 | ELCA | 787 | - | $7.62 million[5] |
Bethany Lutheran College | Mankato, Minnesota | 1927 | ELS | 778 | $41.6 million | |
California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks, California | 1959 | ELCA | 2804 | 1223 | $115.4 million |
Capital University | Bexley, Ohio | 1830 | ELCA | 2283 | 689 | $107.7 million |
Carthage College | Kenosha, Wisconsin | 1847 | ELCA | 2654 | 109 | $111 million[6] |
Concordia College | Moorhead, Minnesota | 1891 | ELCA | 2010 | - | $156.6 million |
Concordia University Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1962 | LCMS | 908 | 211 | $12.8 million[7] |
Concordia University | Irvine, California | 1976 | LCMS | 1334 | 2173 | $23.6 million[8] |
Concordia University Chicago | River Forest, Illinois | 1864 | LCMS | 1559 | 4617 | $24.7 million[9] |
Concordia University St. Paul | Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1893 | LCMS | 3127 | 2012 | $43.1 million |
Concordia University Nebraska | Seward, Nebraska | 1894 | LCMS | 2226 | 588 | $54 million[10] |
Concordia University Texas | Austin, Texas | 1926 | LCMS | 1828 | 690 | $24.7 million[11] |
Concordia University Wisconsin | Mequon, Wisconsin | 1881 | LCMS | 3846 | 3273 | $90.3 million |
Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 1832 | ELCA | 2531 | - | $320 million |
Grand View University | Des Moines, Iowa | 1896 | ELCA | 1760 | 115 | $26.2 million |
Gustavus Adolphus College | St. Peter, Minnesota | 1862 | ELCA | 2217 | - | $205.4 million |
Immanuel Lutheran College | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 1959 | CLC | - | – | |
Lenoir–Rhyne University | Hickory, North Carolina | 1891 | ELCA | 1850 | 903 | $115 million[12] |
Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | 1861 | ELCA | 1793 | - | $167 million |
Martin Luther College | New Ulm, Minnesota | 1865 | WELS | 764 | 128 | $15.1 million[13] |
Midland University | Fremont, Nebraska | 1883 | ELCA | 1572 | 306 | $18.5 million[14] |
Muhlenberg College | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 1848 | ELCA | 2275 | $289 million[15] | |
Newberry College | Newberry, South Carolina | 1856 | ELCA | 1265 | - | $18 million[16] |
Pacific Lutheran University | Tacoma, Washington | 1890 | ELCA | 2543 | 364 | $97.2 million[17] |
Roanoke College | Salem, Virginia | 1842 | ELCA | 1819 | $142.3 million | |
St. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota | 1874 | ELCA | 3072 | - | $527.2 million |
Susquehanna University | Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania | 1858 | ELCA | 2300 | - | $171.2 million |
Texas Lutheran University | Seguin, Texas | 1891 | ELCA | 1445 | $79.3 million | |
Thiel College | Greenville, Pennsylvania | 1866 | ELCA | 894 | - | $33.6 million[18] |
Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, Indiana | 1859 | Ind. | 2737 | 399 | $254.2 million |
Wagner College | Staten Island, New York City | 1883 | ELCA | 1750 | 450 | $83.7 million |
Wartburg College | Waverly, Iowa | 1852 | ELCA | 1564 | $76.5 million[19] | |
Wisconsin Lutheran College | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | 1973 | WELS | 1091 | - | $36.6 million |
Wittenberg University | Springfield, Ohio | 1845 | ELCA | 1445 | 43 | $119 million |
Former institutions
College or university | Location | Years of operation | Affiliation | Notes |
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California Concordia College | Oakland, California | 1906–1973 | LCMS | |
Concordia College Alabama | Selma, Alabama | 1963–2018 | LCMS | Historically Black College |
Concordia College | Fort Wayne, Indiana | 1839–1957 | LCMS | Prepared men for study in the LCMS seminaries |
Concordia College | Conover, North Carolina | 1878–1935 | LCMS | Founded by members of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod |
Concordia College | Bronxville, New York | 1881–2021 | LCMS | |
Concordia Senior College | Fort Wayne, Indiana | 1957–1977 | LCMS | Prepared men for study in the LCMS seminaries |
Concordia University | Portland, Oregon | 1905–2020 | LCMS | |
Dana College | Blair, Nebraska | 1884–2010 | ELCA | Founded by the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church |
Elizabeth College | Charlotte, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia | 1896–1922 | Ind. | College for women |
Finlandia University | Hancock, Michigan | 1896–2023 | ELCA | |
Gale College | Galesville, Wisconsin | 1854–1939 | Norwegian Synod | Founded as a non-sectarian school, later run by the Methodists and Presbyterians, taken over by the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1901 |
Golden Valley Lutheran College | Golden Valley, Minnesota | 1919–1985 | Ind. | Opened as Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis |
Illinois State University | Springfield, Illinois | 1847–1868 | Ind. | Opened as Hillsboro College in Hillsboro, Illinois |
Immanuel Lutheran College | Greensboro, North Carolina | 1903–1961 | Synodical Conference | For the training of black pastors and teachers; founded in Concord, North Carolina |
Kee Mar College | Hagerstown, Maryland | 1853–1911 | Ind. | College for women |
Marion College | Marion, Virginia | 1873–1967 | Ind. | Junior college for women |
St. John's College | Winfield, Kansas | 1893–1986 | LCMS | |
Trinity Lutheran College | Everett, Washington | 1944–2016 | Ind. | |
Upsala College |
| 1893–1995 | ELCA | Founded by the Augustana Synod |
Waldorf College | Forest City, Iowa | 1903– | ELCA | In 2010 the college was sold to a subsidiary of Columbia Southern University and is no longer affiliated with ELCA.[20] |
See also
- Concordia University System
- List of ELCA colleges and universities
- List of Calvinist educational institutions in North America
- List of Lutheran denominations in North America
- List of Lutheran seminaries in North America
References
- ^ As of FY 2020. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20" (PDF). 2020 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ^ "Endowment". Giving to Augsburg University. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "U.S. and Canadian 2022 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2022 Endowment Market Value, and Change in Market Value from FY21 to FY22". National Association of College and University Business Officers. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "Augustana's Endowment Fund Surpasses $100 Million". augie.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Bethany College (237181) | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Carthage College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Concordia University-Ann Arbor | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Concordia University-Irvine | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Concordia University-Chicago | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Concordia University-Nebraska | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Concordia University Texas | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Lenoir-Rhyne University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Martin Luther College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Midland University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Muhlenberg College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Newberry College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Pacific Lutheran University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Thiel College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Wartburg College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ Brooks, John (January 13, 2010). "Waldorf College Sold, No Longer Affiliated with ELCA". Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Retrieved July 14, 2016.