List of Lutheran colleges and universities in the United States explained

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 university	Location	Year founded	Affiliation	Undergraduate students	Graduate students	Endowment^[1]
		1869	ELCA	2512	806	$59 million^[2]
		1860	ELCA	2376	-	$197 million^[3]
		1860	ELCA	1818	295	$100 million^[4]
		1881	ELCA	787	-	$7.62 million^[5]
		1927	ELS	778		$41.6 million
		1959	ELCA	2804	1223	$115.4 million
		1830	ELCA	2283	689	$107.7 million
		1847	ELCA	2654	109	$111 million^[6]
		1891	ELCA	2010	-	$156.6 million
		1962	LCMS	908	211	$12.8 million^[7]
		1976	LCMS	1334	2173	$23.6 million^[8]
		1864	LCMS	1559	4617	$24.7 million^[9]
		1893	LCMS	3127	2012	$43.1 million
		1894	LCMS	2226	588	$54 million^[10]
		1926	LCMS	1828	690	$24.7 million^[11]
		1881	LCMS	3846	3273	$90.3 million
		1832	ELCA	2531	-	$320 million
		1896	ELCA	1760	115	$26.2 million
		1862	ELCA	2217	-	$205.4 million
		1959	CLC		-	–
		1891	ELCA	1850	903	$115 million^[12]
		1861	ELCA	1793	-	$167 million
		1865	WELS	764	128	$15.1 million^[13]
		1883	ELCA	1572	306	$18.5 million^[14]
		1848	ELCA	2275		$289 million^[15]
		1856	ELCA	1265	-	$18 million^[16]
		1890	ELCA	2543	364	$97.2 million^[17]
		1842	ELCA	1819		$142.3 million
		1874	ELCA	3072	-	$527.2 million
		1858	ELCA	2300	-	$171.2 million
		1891	ELCA	1445		$79.3 million
		1866	ELCA	894	-	$33.6 million^[18]
		1859	Ind.	2737	399	$254.2 million
		1883	ELCA	1750	450	$83.7 million
		1852	ELCA	1564		$76.5 million^[19]
		1973	WELS	1091	-	$36.6 million
		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
	Blair, Nebraska	1884–2010	ELCA	Founded by the United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
	Charlotte, North Carolina, and Salem, Virginia	1896–1922	Ind.	College for women
Finlandia University	Hancock, Michigan	1896–2023	ELCA
	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, Minnesota	1919–1985	Ind.	Opened as Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis
	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
	Hagerstown, Maryland	1853–1911	Ind.	College for women
	Marion, Virginia	1873–1967	Ind.	Junior college for women
	Winfield, Kansas	1893–1986	LCMS
Trinity Lutheran College	Everett, Washington	1944–2016	Ind.
	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.^[20]

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

References

1. As of FY 2020. Web site: U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20. July 15, 2021. 2020 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. PDF.
2. Web site: Endowment. 2021-07-15. Giving to Augsburg University. en-US.
3. Web site: 2023-02-17 . 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 . 2023-06-13 . National Association of College and University Business Officers.
4. Web site: Augustana’s Endowment Fund Surpasses $100 Million. 2021-07-15. augie.edu.
5. Web site: Bethany College (237181) Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
6. Web site: Carthage College Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
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12. Web site: Lenoir-Rhyne University Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
13. Web site: Martin Luther College Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
14. Web site: Midland University Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
15. Web site: Muhlenberg College Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
16. Web site: Newberry College Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
17. Web site: Pacific Lutheran University Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
18. Web site: Thiel College Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
19. Web site: Wartburg College Data USA. 2021-07-15. datausa.io. en.
20. Web site: Brooks. John. Waldorf College Sold, No Longer Affiliated with ELCA. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. January 13, 2010. July 14, 2016 .