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:

College or university Location Year founded Affiliation Undergraduate students Graduate students Endowment[1]
Augsburg University Minneapolis, Minnesota 1869 ELCA 2,527 722 $76.3 million
Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 1860 ELCA 2,522 48 $222.9 million
Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1860 ELCA 2,003 387 $100 million[2]
Bethany College Lindsborg, Kansas 1881 ELCA 611 4 $7.62 million[3]
Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, Minnesota 1927 ELS 856 43 $41.6 million
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California 1959 ELCA 2,297 1,054 $144.05 million
Capital University Bexley, Ohio 1830 ELCA 1,609 654 $140.7 million
Carthage College Kenosha, Wisconsin 1847 ELCA 2,675 169 $162.95 million
Concordia College Moorhead, Minnesota 1891 ELCA 1,864 71 $193.3 million
Concordia University Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan 1962 LCMS 908 211 $12.8 million[4]
Concordia University Irvine Irvine, California 1976 LCMS 1,544 2,114 $23.6 million[5]
Concordia University Chicago River Forest, Illinois 1864 LCMS 1,368 3,402 $24.7 million[6]
Concordia University St. Paul Saint Paul, Minnesota 1893 LCMS 3,424 2,579 $61.45 million
Concordia University Nebraska Seward, Nebraska 1894 LCMS 3,000 479 $54 million[7]
Concordia University Texas Austin, Texas 1926 Independent 1,188 208 $24.7 million[8]
Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin 1881 LCMS 2,401 2,852 $131.1 million
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1832 ELCA 2,104 708 $423.8 million
Grand View University Des Moines, Iowa 1896 ELCA 1,500 356 $37.5 million
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, Minnesota 1862 ELCA 1,905 1 $315.3 million
Immanuel Lutheran College Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1959 CLC - –
Lenoir–Rhyne University Hickory, North Carolina 1891 ELCA 1,472 784 $115 million[9]
Luther College Decorah, Iowa 1861 ELCA 1,384 - $205.85 million
Martin Luther College New Ulm, Minnesota 1865 WELS 770 108 $15.1 million[10]
Midland University Fremont, Nebraska 1883 ELCA 1,309 249 $18.5 million[11]
Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania 1848 ELCA 1,737 51 $337.3 million
Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina 1856 ELCA 1,481 55 $18 million[12]
Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, Washington 1890 ELCA 2,446 351 $97.2 million[13]
Roanoke College Salem, Virginia 1842 ELCA 1,793 11 $175.5 million
St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 1874 ELCA 3,124 - $799.3 million
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 1858 ELCA 2,246 9 $223.2 million
Texas Lutheran University Seguin, Texas 1891 ELCA 1,319 104 $100.2 million
Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania 1866 ELCA 833 117 $33.6 million[14]
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Ind. 2,123 456 $311.9 million
Wagner College Staten Island, New York City 1883 ELCA 1,666 335 $100.5 million
Wartburg College Waverly, Iowa 1852 ELCA 1,462 21 $76.5 million[15]
Wisconsin Lutheran College Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1973 WELS 957 70 $49.45 million
Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 1845 ELCA 1,227 58 $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.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ As of FY 2020. "U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (PDF). 2024 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  2. ^ "Augustana's Endowment Fund Surpasses $100 Million". augie.edu. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bethany College (237181) | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Concordia University-Ann Arbor | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Concordia University-Irvine | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Concordia University-Chicago | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "Concordia University-Nebraska | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Concordia University Texas | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Lenoir-Rhyne University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "Martin Luther College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "Midland University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Newberry College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "Pacific Lutheran University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "Thiel College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  15. ^ "Wartburg College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  16. ^ 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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