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 |