Current institutions
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Affiliations:
| College or university |
Location |
Year founded |
Affiliation |
Undergraduate students |
Graduate students |
Endowment[1] |
|---|
| 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[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 | $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[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 | $70.1 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 | $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[9] |
| Midland University | Fremont, Nebraska | 1883 | ELCA | 1,309 | 249 | $18.5 million[10] |
| Muhlenberg College | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 1848 | ELCA | 1,737 | 51 | $337.3 million |
| Newberry College | Newberry, South Carolina | 1856 | ELCA | 1,481 | 55 | $18 million[11] |
| Pacific Lutheran University | Tacoma, Washington | 1890 | ELCA | 2,446 | 351 | $97.2 million[12] |
| 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[13] |
| 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 |
| 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.[14] |
- ↑ "U.S. and Canadian 2025 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2025 Endowment Market Value". NACUBO. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Augustana's Endowment Fund Surpasses $100 Million". augie.edu. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Bethany College (237181) | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Concordia University-Ann Arbor | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Concordia University-Irvine | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Concordia University-Chicago | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Concordia University-Nebraska | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Concordia University Texas | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Martin Luther College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Midland University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Newberry College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Pacific Lutheran University | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Thiel College | Data USA". datausa.io. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ Brooks, John (January 13, 2010). "Waldorf College Sold, No Longer Affiliated with ELCA". Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
