2001 South Summit Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197
800-727-2844 |
www.augie.edu |
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Augustana College, founded in 1860, is a selective, private, residential, comprehensive college (liberal arts and professional) of the Evangelical Augustana CollegeLutheran Church in America. As a community we are committed to five core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community, and Service.
The College is located on a beautiful, tree-lined campus which covers 100 acres in central Sioux Falls, a city of 144,000. Augustana is the largest private college in South Dakota with 1,684 full-time undergraduates and a total enrollment of 1,768.
The College offers over 50 majors and pre-professional specializations as well as extensive opportunities for study abroad, internships, and undergraduate research. Three majors were added in the fall of 2006, Sign Language Interpreting, Sports Management, and Sacred Music. Augustana students are inspired by a faculty committed to both teaching and scholarship.
While students are certainly engaged in the academic program, they are also encouraged to pursue their interests outside of the classroom. They celebrate a myriad of opportunities including involvement in NCAA Division II athletics, outstanding music programs, theatre, campus ministry, service learning, student leadership, and more.
Proud to be recognized as one of America’s best colleges in one of its greatest cities, Augustana is included in Peterson’s 440 Colleges for Top Students 2007; has been ranked for twelve consecutive years in the top tier of Midwest Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor’s and a “Best Buy” by U.S. News & World Report; is listed as one of the “top 100 outstanding (but under-appreciated) colleges” in Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That is Best for You; recognized as one of 100 select colleges in universities nationwide named to the Templeton Honor Roll in The Templeton Guide; named a “Best Midwestern College” by The Princeton Review; and identified as a College of Distinction and “nationally recognized by education professionals as an excellent school for its Engaged Students, Great Teaching, Vibrant Community and Successful Outcomes,” at collegesofdistinction.com.