Concordia University, St. Paul is a private university in

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississip ...

. It was founded in 1893 and enrolls nearly 5,600 students. It is a member of the

Concordia University System The Concordia University System (CUS) is an organization of seven colleges and universities and one satellite campus in the United States that are operated by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). All of the institutions are named "Concordi ...

, which is operated by the second-largest

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church body in the United States, the

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The LC ...

. The school was a two year college until 1964. The present name Concordia University, St. Paul was adopted in 1997.

Academics

CSP offers a wide variety of programs including undergraduate majors and minors, graduate programs, adult undergraduate degree programs, continuing education classes and certificates, and licensure and colloquy programs. Many of these programs are also offered in an online degree format through the school's online campus. The school oversees students in

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enrolled in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, which was absorbed in 2020 after

Concordia University, Portland Concordia University was a private Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) university in Portland, Oregon, that closed in Spring 2020. One remaining program, the accelerated bachelor's degree in nursing, continues to operate under another Conc ...

closed. Concordia University is accredited by (among others) the

Higher Learning Commission The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an institutional accreditor in the United States. It has historically accredited post-secondary education institutions in the central United States: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa ...

. Concordia University, St. Paul has been accredited since 1967. In Fall 2020, CSP enrolled 5,567 students, of whom 1,756 were on the St. Paul campus. For the second straight year, there were more than 2,000 graduate students. Notable faculty include writer

Eric Dregni Eric Dregni is an American author. He is an associate professor of English and Journalism at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he teaches writing. He has written or cowritten travel memoirs and essays about Minnesota, Norway, ...

and theologian

Reed Lessing Robert Reed Lessing was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas, in 1981 and finished graduate work at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis in 1986. He was ordained into the Office of the Holy Min ...

Athletics

Concordia–St. Paul athletic teams are the Golden Bears. The university is a member of the Division II level of the

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(NCAA), primarily competing in the

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the western Midwestern United States. Nine of its ...

(NSIC) since the 1999–2000 academic year. Concordia–St. Paul competes in 19 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, track & field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include eSports.

Facilities

The

Gangelhoff Center Gangelhoff Center is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It opened in 1993. It is the home to Concordia University Golden Bears volleyball and basketball teams and was ...

hosts several of the school's sports teams.

References

External links

Official website

Official athletics website
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Athletics

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