Augustana College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Augustana College Rock Island is located in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The college was founded in 1860 by the Augustana Lutheran Church and was named the Augustana College and Theological Seminary. The entire campus occupies over 110 acres of land. Students can choose from a variety of programs offered at the college including art history, dentistry, business administration, environmental studies, health and physical education, occupational therapy, and sociology.

The college has a rich Greek life that is revealed through the many Greek organizations including Alpha Sigma Xi, Delta Omega Nu, Phi Omega Phi, Sigma Kappa Tau, Kappa Delta Pi, and Gamma Theta Upsilon. There are other student clubs and organizations such as the Catholic Student Organization, Young Life, American Chemical Society, Martini Swingers, and Latin American Council.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, medicine, and liberal arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,547 in 2009-2010 (1,724 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Augustana provides on-campus housing for 1,786 of its 1,724 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (8 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (129 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (43 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (5 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (136 awarded)

• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Political Science and Government
• Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (15 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (24 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (15 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (7 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (9 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (119 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (40 awarded)

• Psychology