Augustana College (Illinois)

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Augustana College

House on the Hill
Type	Private college
Established	1860
Affiliation	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America[1]
Endowment	$115.9 million[2]
President	Steven C. Bahls
Students	2,500
Location	Rock Island , Illinois , United States 41°30′08″N 90°33′01″W / 41.5023°N 90.5504°W / 41.5023; -90.5504
Campus	115 acres
Colors	Navy blue and gold
Nickname	Augie
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III – CCIW
Mascot	Vikings
Website	www.augustana.edu

Augustana College is a private liberal arts college in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. The college has about 2,500 students. Its campus is on 115 acres (46.5 ha) of hilly, wooded land, next to the Mississippi River. Ninety-one percent of the full-time faculty hold PhDs or the highest degrees in their field.

1. ↑ "Mission and history". augustana.edu. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
2. ↑ As of FY 2012. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2012 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY 2011 to FY 2012" (PDF). 2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.