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
2005 (Class of 2009 cohort) 764 --- --- --- ---
2004 (Class of 2008 cohort) 777 630 81.1 --- ---
2003 (Class of 2007 cohort) 720 593 82.5 622 86.5
2002 (Class of 2006 cohort) 777 645 83.0 668 86.0
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 78.1 631 82.9
1998 (Class of 2002 cohort) 755 593 78.5 627 83.0
1997 (Class of 2001 cohort) 722 539 74.7 579 80.2
1996 (Class of 2000 cohort) 771 565 73.3 608 78.9
1995 (Class of 1999 cohort) 742 557 75.1 588 79.2
1994 (Class of 1998 cohort) 739 523 70.8 552 74.7
1993 (Class of 1997 cohort) 737 519 70.4 561 76.1
1992 (Class of 1996 cohort) 701 510 72.8 537 76.6
1991 (Class of 1995 cohort) 731 534 73.1 566 77.4
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 2008-09 (Official Tenth Day)

Full-time students 3,016
Part-time students 57
Total 3,073

Total Matriculated (1886-87 Through 2008-09)

Men Women Total
32,655 35,500

68,155

Geographic Distribution of Students

 Domestic Number Percent
Alabama 2 0.07%
Alaska 12 0.39%
Arizona 15 0.49%
Arkansas 5 0.16%
California 73 2.38%
Colorado 69 2.25%
Connecticut 21 0.68%
Delaware 1 0.03%
District of Columbia 0 0.00%
Florida 30 0.98%
Georgia 14 0.46%
Hawaii 1 0.03%
Idaho 7 0.23%
Illinois 155 5.04%
Indiana 16 0.52%
Iowa 132 4.30%
Kansas 31 1.01%
Kentucky 8 0.26%
Louisiana 2 0.07%
Maine 8 0.26%
Maryland 17 0.55%
Massachusetts 29 0.94%
Michigan 31 1.01%
Minnesota 1,659 53.99%
Mississippi 2 0.07%
Missouri 32 1.04%
Montana 13 0.42%
Nebraska 44 1.43%
Nevada 2 0.07%
New Hampshire 7 0.23%
New Jersey 20 0.65%
New Mexico 4 0.13%
New York 16 0.52%
North Carolina 15 0.49%
North Dakota 19 0.62%
Ohio 23 0.75%
Oklahoma 12 0.39%
Oregon 30 0.98%
Pennsylvania 18 0.59%
Rhode Island 1 0.03%
South Carolina 4 0.13%
South Dakota 30 0.98%
Tennessee 7 0.23%
Texas 35 1.14%
Utah 7 0.23%
Vermont 8 0.26%
Virgin Islands 0 0.00%
Virginia 18 0.59%
Washington 40 1.30%
West Virginia 1 0.03%
Wisconsin 243 7.91%
Wyoming 12 0.39%
Total 3,001 97.66%
     
International Number Percent
Argentina 1 0.03%
Australia 1 0.03 %
Bahamas 1 0.03%
Bulgaria 1 0.03%
Canada 4 0.13%
Chile 1 0.03%
China 15 0.49%
Costa Rica 1 0.03%
Ethiopia 1 0.03%
France 1 0.03%
Germany 3 0.10%
Ghana 1 0.03%
Hong Kong 1 0.03%
India 2 0.07%
Japan 6 0.20%
Myanmar 1 0.03%
Nepal 1 0.03%
Netherlands 2 0.07%
Norway 4 0.13%
Russia 1 0.03%
Saudi Arabia 1 0.03%
South Korea 4 0.13%
Spain 1 0.03%
Sweden 1 0.03%
Switzerland 1 0.03%
Taiwan 2 0.07%
Tanzania 2 0.07%
Thailand 4 0.13%
Turkey 2 0.07%
Uganda 1 0.03%
Vietnam 4 0.13%
Total 72 2.34%

Religious Affiliation of Students

Affiliation Number Percent
Lutheran (all denominations) 1,181 38.4%
No Information 487 15.8%
Catholic 463 15.1%
Other Christian 216 7.0%
Methodist 134 4.4%
No Affiliation 108 3.5%
Presbyterian 83 2.7%
Baptist 74 2.4%
Episcopal 75 2.4%
Christian Scientist 54 1.8%
United Church of Christ 55 1.8%
Conservation Evangelical 42 1.4%
Unitarian 23 0.7%
Buddhist 20 0.7%
Assembly of God 9 0.3%
Islam 13 0.4%
Judaism 14 0.5%
Alliance 2 0.1%
Orthodox 5 0.2%
Hindu 8 0.3%
Other Non-Christian 4 0.1%
Latter Day Saints 3 0.1%
Total 1,892 61.6%

Lutherans by Denomination

  Number Percent
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America 880 74.5%
Missouri 94 8.0%
Lutheran (Other/Unspecified) 187 15.8%
Wisconsin 20 1.7%
Total 1,181 100.0