List of Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States
This is a list of higher education Lutheran colleges and universities in the US:
Current Lutheran colleges and universities
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 |
Students |
Endowment[1] |
|---|
| Augsburg College | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 1869 | ELCA | 3,822 | $33 million |
| Augustana College | Rock Island, Illinois | 1860 | ELCA | 2,511 | $115.9 million |
| Augustana University | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 1860 | ELCA | 1,800 | $56.3 million |
| Bethany College | Lindsborg, Kansas | 1881 | ELCA | 600 | |
| Bethany Lutheran College | Mankato, Minnesota | 1927 | ELS | 600 | - |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks, California | 1959 | ELCA | 3,931 | $53.1 million |
| Capital University | Bexley, Ohio | 1830 | ELCA | 2,862 | - |
| Carthage College | Kenosha, Wisconsin | 1847 | ELCA | 3,400 | - |
| Concordia College | Bronxville, New York | 1881 | LCMS | 953 | - |
| Concordia College, Moorhead | Moorhead, Minnesota | 1891 | ELCA | 2,784 | - |
| Concordia College | Selma, Alabama | 1963 | LCMS | 711 | - |
| Concordia University | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 1905 | LCMS | 3,251 | - |
| Concordia University | Irvine, California | 1976 | LCMS | 3,111 | - |
| Concordia University | Portland, Oregon | 1905 | LCMS | 1,800 | - |
| Concordia University Chicago | River Forest, Illinois | 1864 | LCMS | 5,134 | - |
| Concordia University | Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1893 | LCMS | 2,800 | - |
| Concordia University | Seward, Nebraska | 1894 | LCMS | 2,196 | - |
| Concordia University at Austin | Austin, Texas | 1926 | LCMS | 2,658 | - |
| Concordia University Wisconsin | Mequon, Wisconsin | 1881 | LCMS | 7,618 | - |
| Finlandia University | Hancock, Michigan | 1896 | ELCA | - | - |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | 1832 | ELCA | 2,600 | - |
| Grand View University | Des Moines, Iowa | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | St. Peter, Minnesota | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Immanuel Lutheran College | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | - | CLC | - | - |
| Lenoir-Rhyne College | Hickory, North Carolina | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Luther College | Decorah, Iowa | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Martin Luther College | New Ulm, Minnesota | - | WELS | 750 | - |
| Midland University | Fremont, Nebraska | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Muhlenberg College | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 1848 | ELCA | - | - |
| Newberry College | Newberry, South Carolina | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Pacific Lutheran University | Tacoma, Washington | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Roanoke College | Salem, Virginia | 1842 | ELCA | - | - |
| St. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Susquehanna University | Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Texas Lutheran University | Seguin, Texas | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Thiel College | Greenville, Pennsylvania | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Trinity Lutheran College | Everett, Washington | 1944 | Ind. | 175 | - |
| Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, Indiana | 1859 | Ind. | 4,500 | $202 million |
| Wagner College | Staten Island, New York City | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Wartburg College | Waverly, Iowa | - | ELCA | - | - |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | - | WELS | 1,188 | - |
| Wittenberg University | Springfield, Ohio | 1845 | ELCA | - | $101 million |
Former Lutheran Colleges
References
- ↑ As of FY 2012. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2012 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY 2011 to FY 2012" (PDF). 2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
See also