List of Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States

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

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Current institutions

Affiliations:

College or universityLocationYear foundedAffiliationUndergraduate studentsGraduate studentsEndowment [1]
Augsburg University Minneapolis, Minnesota 1869ELCA2512806$59 million [2]
Augustana College Rock Island, Illinois 1860ELCA2376-$197 million [3]
Augustana University Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1860ELCA1818295$100 million [4]
Bethany College Lindsborg, Kansas 1881ELCA787-$7.62 million [5]
Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, Minnesota 1927ELS778$41.6 million
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California 1959ELCA28041223$115.4 million
Capital University Bexley, Ohio 1830ELCA2283689$107.7 million
Carthage College Kenosha, Wisconsin 1847ELCA2654109$111 million [6]
Concordia College Bronxville, New York 1881LCMS1226511$13.3 million [7]
Concordia College Moorhead, Minnesota 1891ELCA2010-$156.6 million
Concordia University Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan 1962LCMS908211$12.8 million [8]
Concordia University Irvine Irvine, California 1976LCMS13342173$23.6 million [9]
Concordia University Chicago River Forest, Illinois 1864LCMS15594617$24.7 million [10]
Concordia University St. Paul Saint Paul, Minnesota 1893LCMS31272012$43.1 million
Concordia University Nebraska Seward, Nebraska 1894LCMS2226588$54 million [11]
Concordia University Texas Austin, Texas 1926LCMS1828690$24.7 million [12]
Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon, Wisconsin 1881LCMS38463273$90.3 million
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1832ELCA2531-$320 million
Grand View University Des Moines, Iowa 1896ELCA1760115$26.2 million
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, Minnesota 1862ELCA2217-$205.4 million
Immanuel Lutheran College Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1959CLC-–
Lenoir–Rhyne University Hickory, North Carolina 1891ELCA1850903$115 million [13]
Luther College Decorah, Iowa 1861ELCA1793-$167 million
Martin Luther College New Ulm, Minnesota 1865WELS764128$15.1 million [14]
Midland University Fremont, Nebraska 1883ELCA1572306$18.5 million [15]
Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania 1848ELCA2275$289 million [16]
Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina 1856ELCA1265-$18 million [17]
Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, Washington 1890ELCA2543364$97.2 million [18]
Roanoke College Salem, Virginia 1842ELCA1819$142.3 million
St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 1874ELCA3072-$527.2 million
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 1858ELCA2300-$171.2 million
Texas Lutheran University Seguin, Texas 1891ELCA1445$79.3 million
Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania 1866ELCA894-$33.6 million [19]
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859Ind.2737399$254.2 million
Wagner College Staten Island, New York City 1883ELCA1750450$83.7 million
Wartburg College Waverly, Iowa 1852ELCA1564$76.5 million [20]
Wisconsin Lutheran College Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1973WELS1091-$36.6 million
Wittenberg University Springfield, Ohio 1845ELCA144543$119 million

Former institutions

College or universityLocationYears of operationAffiliationNotes
California Concordia College Oakland, California 1906–1973LCMS
Concordia College Alabama Selma, Alabama 1963–2018LCMS Historically Black College
Concordia College Fort Wayne, Indiana 1839–1957LCMSPrepared men for study in the LCMS seminaries
Concordia College Conover, North Carolina 1878–1935LCMSFounded by members of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod
Concordia Senior College Fort Wayne, Indiana 1957–1977LCMSPrepared men for study in the LCMS seminaries
Concordia University Portland, Oregon 1905–2020LCMS
Dana College Blair, Nebraska 1884–2010ELCAFounded by the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Elizabeth College Charlotte, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia 1896–1922Ind.College for women
Finlandia University Hancock, Michigan 1896–2023ELCA
Gale College Galesville, Wisconsin 1854–1939Norwegian SynodFounded 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 1919–1985Ind.Opened as Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis
Illinois State University Springfield, Illinois 1847–1868Ind.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 1853–1911Ind.College for women
Marion College Marion, Virginia 1873–1967Ind.Junior college for women
St. John's College Winfield, Kansas 1893–1986LCMS
Trinity Lutheran College Everett, Washington 1944–2016Ind.
Upsala College 1893–1995ELCAFounded by the Augustana Synod
Waldorf College Forest City, Iowa 1903–ELCAIn 2010 the college was sold to a subsidiary of Columbia Southern University and is no longer affiliated with ELCA. [21]

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