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 Undergraduate students Graduate students Endowment[1]
Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minnesota 1869 ELCA 2,474 984 $33 million
Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 1860 ELCA 2,478 0 $115.9 million
Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1860 ELCA 1,613 224 $56.3 million
Bethany College Lindsborg, Kansas 1881 ELCA 699 0
Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, Minnesota 1927 ELS 600 –
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California 1959 ELCA 2,810 1,316 $53.1 million
Capital University Bexley, Ohio 1830 ELCA 2,765 700 –
Carthage College Kenosha, Wisconsin 1847 ELCA 2,887 91 –
Concordia College Bronxville, New York 1881 LCMS 958 198 –
Concordia College Moorhead, Minnesota 1891 ELCA 2,162 15 –
Concordia College Selma, Alabama 1963 LCMS 487 0 –
Concordia University Ann Arbor, Michigan 1905 LCMS 738 161 –
Concordia University Irvine, California 1976 LCMS 1,939 2,566 –
Concordia University Portland, Oregon 1905 LCMS 1,182 6,000 –
Concordia University Chicago River Forest, Illinois 1864 LCMS 1,510 3,729 –
Concordia University Saint Paul, Minnesota 1893 LCMS 2,561 1,819 –
Concordia University Seward, Nebraska 1894 LCMS 1,478 979 –
Concordia University Austin, Texas 1926 LCMS 1,711 848 –
Concordia University Mequon, Wisconsin 1881 LCMS 4,337 3,931 –
Finlandia University Hancock, Michigan 1896 ELCA – –
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1832 ELCA 2,600 –
Grand View University Des Moines, Iowa 1896 ELCA – –
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, Minnesota 1862 ELCA – –
Immanuel Lutheran College Eau Claire, Wisconsin – CLC – –
Lenoir–Rhyne University Hickory, North Carolina – ELCA – –
Luther College Decorah, Iowa 1861 ELCA – –
Martin Luther College New Ulm, Minnesota 1865 WELS 750 –
Midland University Fremont, Nebraska – ELCA – –
Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania 1848 ELCA – –
Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina – ELCA – –
Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, Washington 1890 ELCA – –
Roanoke College Salem, Virginia 1842 ELCA – –
St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 1874 ELCA – –
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 1858 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. 3,163 1,361 $202 million
Wagner College Staten Island, New York City 1883 ELCA 1,756 457 –
Wartburg College Waverly, Iowa 1852 ELCA – –
Wisconsin Lutheran College Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1973 WELS 1,188 –
Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 1845 ELCA 1,865 11 $101 million

Former Lutheran colleges

College or university Location Year founded Affiliation Notes
Dana College Blair, Nebraska 1884–2010 ELCA Founded by the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. John's College Winfield, Kansas LCMS
Upsala College 1893–1995 ELCA Founded by the Augustana Synod
Concordia College Oakland, California LCMS
Waldorf University Forest City, Iowa ELCA[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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 (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ 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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