Please note: This is NOT the most current catalog.

Recent Statistics

Four- and Five-Year Graduation Rates (IPEDS data)

    Graduates in 4 years Graduates in 5 years
Entering Fall of Class Size Number Percentage Number Percentage
2003 (Class of 2007 cohort) 720 --- --- --- ---
2002 (Class of 2006 cohort) 777 644 82.9
2001 (Class of 2005 cohort) 744 608 81.7 634 85.2
2000 (Class of 2004 cohort) 753 600 79.9 632 83.9
1999 (Class of 2003 cohort) 761 594 78.1 630 82.9
1998 (Class of 2002 cohort) 755 593 78.5 627 83.0
1997 (Class of 2001 cohort) 722 539 74.6 579 80.2
1996 (Class of 2000 cohort) 772 565 73.2 607 78.6
1995 (Class of 1999 cohort) 743 558 75.1 589 79.3
1994 (Class of 1998 cohort) 743 519 69.9 552 74.3
1993 (Class of 1997 cohort) 738 509 68.9 561 6.1
1992 (Class of 1996 cohort) 702 500 71.2 535 76.2
1991 (Class of 1995 cohort) 733 520 70.9 565 77.0
1990 (Class of 1994 cohort) 744 565 75.9 592 79.6
1989 (Class of 1993 cohort) 750 552 73.6 598 79.7
1988 (Class of 1992 cohort) 796 599 75.2 644 80.9
1987 (Class of 1991 cohort) 795 588 73.9 646 81.2
1986 (Class of 1990 cohort) 800 613 76.6 657 82.1
1985 (Class of 1989 cohort) 806 561 69.6 612 75.9

Registration 2005-06 (Official Tenth Day)

Full-time students 2,984
Part-time students 57
Total 3,041

Total Matriculated (1886-87 Through 2005-06)

Men Women Total
31,876 34,527 65,403

Geographic Distribution of Students

 Domestic Number Percent
Alaska 17 0.56%
Alabama 5 0.17%
Arizona 19 0.63%
Arkansas 3 0.10%
California 57 1.89%
Colorado 61 2.03%
Connecticut 13 0.43%
Delaware 1 0.03%
District of Columbia 0 0.00%
Florida 36 1.20%
Georgia 10 0.33%
Hawaii 0 0.00%
Idaho 4 0.13%
Illinois 121 4.02%
Indiana 14 0.47%
Iowa 133 4.42%
Kansas 28 0.93%
Kentucky 4 0.13%
Louisiana 1 0.03%
Maine 9 0.30%
Maryland 12 0.40%
Massachusetts 19 0.63%
Michigan 25 0.83%
Minnesota 1,734 57.63%
Mississippi 2 0.07%
Missouri 36 1.20%
Montana 20 0.66%
Nebraska 36 1.20%
Nevada 2 0.07%
New Hampshire 0 0.00%
New Jersey 13 0.43%
New Mexico 6 0.20%
New York 16 0.53%
North Carolina 6 0.20%
North Dakota 23 0.76%
Ohio 15 0.50%
Oklahoma 10 0.33%
Oregon 51 1.69%
Pennsylvania 20 0.66%
Rhode Island 0 0.00%
South Carolina 4 0.13%
South Dakota 45 1.50%
Tennessee 2 0.07%
Texas 26 0.86%
Utah 2 0.07%
Vermont 5 0.17%
Virgin Islands 0 0.00%
Virginia 11 0.37%
Washington 38 1.26%
West Virginia 0 0.00%
Wisconsin 277 9.21%
Wyoming 10 0.33%
Foreign Address 7 0.23%
Total 3,009 100%
     
International Number Percent
Argentina 1 3.13%
Canada 3 9.38%
China 2 6.25%
Colombia 1 3.13%
Costa Rica 1 3.13%
France 1 3.13%
Germany 2 6.25%
India 1 3.13%
Japan 5 15.63%
Macedonia 1 3.13%
Nigeria 1 3.13%
Norway 6 18.75%
Singapore 1 3.13%
Slovakia 1 3.13%
South Korea 2 6.25%
Switzerland 1 3.13%
Thailand 1 3.13%
Uganda 1 3.13%
Total 32 100%

Religious Affiliation of Students

Affiliation Number Percent
Lutheran (all denominations) 1,249 41.1%
No Information 465 15.3%
Catholic 404 13.3%
Other Christian 170 5.6%
Methodist 142 4.7%
No Affiliation 132 4.3%
Presbyterian 112 3.7%
Baptist 74 2.4%
Episcopal 62 2.0%
Christian Scientist 53 1.7%
United Church of Christ 52 1.7%
Conservation Evangelical 45 1.5%
Unitarian 19 0.6%
Buddhist 13 0.4%
Assembly of God 11 0.4%
Islam 8 0.3%
Judaism 8 0.3%
Alliance 6 0.2%
Orthodox 5 0.2%
Hindu 4 0.1%
Pentecostal 3 0.1%
Other Non-Christian 2 0.1%
Latter Day Saints 1 0.0%
Moravian 1 0.0%
Total 3,041 100%

Lutherans by Denomination

  Number Percent
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 991 79.3%
Missouri 111 8.9%
Lutheran (Other/Unspecified) 132 10.6%
Wisconsin 15 1.2%
Total 1,249 100.0