A private, Evangelical Lutheran Church university, Augustana University is situated in Sioux Falls, SD. The university covers an area of 100 acres. The Augustana University is part of the Augustana University group. Augustana University was founded in the year 1860. The motto of the Augustana University is Verbum Dei manet in aeternum and its official colors are navy blue and gold. The total enrolment stands at 2,080 students at Augustana University. Around 1,818 and 295 students take admission in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the university. The school has an academic staff of 134 who teach various courses to the students. Around 63% of the students are females and 37% are males. Notably, Augustana University is also home to an ethnically diverse student population. At AU around 83% are white, 6% are Non-resident alien, and 3% belong to Hispanic ethnicity. Moreover, around 96% of the students are 24 and under. In its 160 years of existence, AU has produced several known personalities like Mary Hart, Corbin Lacina, Kevin Kaesviharn, and Bryan Schwartz. Augustana University's sporting teams are affiliated to NCAA Division II – NSIC. Like several universities in the country, athletics play an important part here as well. At AU, 75 undergraduate and graduate-level programs, including both residential and online, are offered to the students. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by CAATE (Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education), CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education), HLC Higher Learning Commission, and NAACLS (National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences). The total endowment of the Augustana University is around USD $67 million (2016).
