This is a list of higher education Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States:

Current institutions

Affiliations:

College or university Location Year founded Affiliation Undergraduate students Graduate students Endowment[1]
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
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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Endowment". Giving to Augsburg University. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Augustana's Endowment Fund Surpasses $100 Million". augie.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  5. ^ "Bethany College (237181) | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  6. ^ "Carthage College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  7. ^ "Concordia University-Ann Arbor | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  8. ^ "Concordia University-Irvine | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  9. ^ "Concordia University-Chicago | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  10. ^ "Concordia University-Nebraska | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  11. ^ "Concordia University Texas | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  12. ^ "Lenoir-Rhyne University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  13. ^ "Martin Luther College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  14. ^ "Midland University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  15. ^ "Muhlenberg College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  16. ^ "Newberry College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  17. ^ "Pacific Lutheran University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  18. ^ "Thiel College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  19. ^ "Wartburg College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  20. ^ Brooks, John (January 13, 2010). "Waldorf College Sold, No Longer Affiliated with ELCA". Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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