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Augustana College

Rock Island, Illinois Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Augustana College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Rock Island, Illinois. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 2,570 students in fall 2024, including 2,522 undergraduates and 48 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Augustana College offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees across 83 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Biology, Psychology, General, and Finance. It awarded 591 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

82% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.

Mission

Augustana College, rooted in the liberal arts and sciences and a Lutheran expression of the Christian faith, is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit and body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership and service in a diverse and changing world.

Mission statement as reported by Augustana College

Key figures

2,570
Students enrolled
82%
First-year retention
591
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
83
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

BachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 83

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 7
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 4
Health Professions 4
Psychology 1
Education 15
Visual and Performing Arts 15
Social Sciences 6
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Communication and Journalism 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
English Language and Literature 3
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 7
Physical Sciences 3
Engineering 2
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 3
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
82%
Student-to-faculty ratio
12:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
562
Master's degrees
29

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,570
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,522
Graduate students, fall 2024
48
Full-time, fall 2024
99%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,671
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,618
Graduate students, 2024-25
53
Full-time, 2024-25
99%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
53%
Men
47%
White
53%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
5%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
21%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
4%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
President
Andrea Talentino
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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