| Location: | Midwest |
| Setting: | Small Town Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
Concordia is a Christ-centered learning community for students preparing to be dynamic servant leaders in the church and world.
Concordia University, Nebraska, is a private, coeducational university located in Seward, Nebraska. It is affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and part of its ten-member Concordia University System. Concordia offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 50 academic programs in both on-campus and online formats. Intentionally Christ-centered, the university educates its more than 1,250 students in accordance with its motto: "Preparing servant leaders for church and world".
The university attempts to achieve this goal through degree programs in professional education and the liberal arts.
Founded in 1894 as Concordia Teachers College, the university began as a preparatory teacher’s school with its twelve students boarded, fed and taught in the same building by J. George Weller and his wife. The surrounding community was supportive of a school in their midst, and did much to help the students with extra foodstuffs, funding, and housing. The school granted its first teaching degrees in 1907. During World War I, the school faced anti-German sentiment, but worked alongside the community to defend America. Following the war, the school was accredited as a junior college, and women joined the student body. At first, the women were required to eat and board off-campus in area homes, but they were permitted in the dining hall in 1932, and a women’s residence hall was built in 1941.
The first bachelor’s degrees were awarded in 1940, and the school became an accredited four-year institution in the late 1940s. In 1959, Concordia became the first of the LCMS schools to be accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
Additional educational and housing facilities were added as the university grew and expanded its programs, including science labs, a large library, and multiple residence halls. Business, art, science, and health-related programs were added to the teaching and pre-seminary courses. Graduate programs were added in 1968.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 71% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NAIA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Great Plains Athletic Conference) Basketball (Great Plains Athletic Conference) Baseball (Great Plains Athletic Conference) Track (Great Plains Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 17,724 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,724 | 13% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 845 | 5% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 4,038 | 75% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,478 | 52% | |
Any Aid: |
75% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 88% (Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 25% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 470, Math: 430 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 610, Math: 580 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 90% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 20, Verbal: 19, Math: 18 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 27, Verbal: 26, Math: 26 |
| Application Fee: | $ 25.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Not Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
