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 universityLocationYear foundedAffiliationUndergraduate studentsGraduate studentsEndowment Augsburg University Minneapolis, Minnesota 1869 ELCA 2,527 722 $80.9 million Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 1860 ELCA 2,522 48 $252.6 million Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1860 ELCA 2,003 387 $100 million Bethany College Lindsborg, Kansas 1881 ELCA 611 4 $7.62 million Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, Minnesota 1927 ELS 856 43 $41.6 million California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California 1959 ELCA 2,297 1,054 $157.6 million Capital University Bexley, Ohio 1830 ELCA 1,609 654 $155.2 million Carthage College Kenosha, Wisconsin 1847 ELCA 2,675 169 $162.95 million Concordia College Moorhead, Minnesota 1891 ELCA 1,864 71 $212.3 million Concordia University Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan 1962 LCMS 908 211 $12.8 million Concordia University Irvine Irvine, California 1976 LCMS 1,544 2,114 $23.6 million Concordia University Chicago River Forest, Illinois 1864 LCMS 1,368 3,402 $24.7 million Concordia University St. Paul Saint Paul, Minnesota 1893 LCMS 3,424 2,579 $70.1 million Concordia University Nebraska Seward, Nebraska 1894 LCMS 3,000 479 $54 million Concordia University Texas Austin, Texas 1926 Independent 1,188 208 $24.7 million Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin 1881 LCMS 2,401 2,852 $142.6 million Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1832 ELCA 2,104 708 $459.2 million Grand View University Des Moines, Iowa 1896 ELCA 1,500 356 $39.9 million Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, Minnesota 1862 ELCA 1,905 1 $328.7 million Immanuel Lutheran College Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1959 CLC - – Lenoir–Rhyne University Hickory, North Carolina 1891 ELCA 1,472 784 $145.5 million Luther College Decorah, Iowa 1861 ELCA 1,384 - $220.2 million Martin Luther College New Ulm, Minnesota 1995 WELS 770 108 $15.1 million Midland University Fremont, Nebraska 1883 ELCA 1,309 249 $18.5 million Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania 1848 ELCA 1,737 51 $337.3 million Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina 1856 ELCA 1,481 55 $18 million Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, Washington 1890 ELCA 2,446 351 $97.2 million Roanoke College Salem, Virginia 1842 ELCA 1,793 11 $175.5 million St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 1874 ELCA 3,124 - $881.6 million Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 1858 ELCA 2,246 9 $242.6 million Texas Lutheran University Seguin, Texas 1891 ELCA 1,319 104 $102.3 million Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania 1866 ELCA 833 117 $33.6 million Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Ind. 2,123 456 $321.45 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 $110.7 million Wisconsin Lutheran College Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1973 WELS 957 70 $51.2 million Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 1845 ELCA 1,227 58 $119 million

Former institutions College or universityLocationYears of operationAffiliationNotes 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 womenFinlandia UniversityHancock, Michigan1896–2023ELCA 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 East Orange (main campus) Wantage Township, New Jersey (Wirths Campus) 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.

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

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