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Augustana University is a private Lutheran university in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The university identifies 1860 as the year of its founding, the same as its Rock Island, Illinois, Swedish-heritage sister school, Augustana College. It derives its name from the Confessio Augustana, or Augsburg Confession, a foundational document of Lutheranism. Until Septemb…
Augustana University is a private Lutheran university in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The university identifies 1860 as the year of its founding, the same as its Rock Island, Illinois, Swedish-heritage sister school, Augustana College. It derives its name from the Confessio Augustana, or Augsburg Confession, a foundational document of Lutheranism. Until September 2015, the university was known as Augustana College.
  • Former name: Augustana College and Seminary (1860–1918) · Augustana College and Normal School (1918–1926) · Augustana College (1926–2015)
  • Motto: Verbum Dei manet in aeternum
  • Motto in English: The Word of God endures forever
  • Type: Private university
  • Established: 1860
  • Religious affiliation: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • Endowment: US$90 million (2016)
Data from: en.wikipedia.org