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Quick Facts About the College
Campus Location
Institution Type
- Private
- Liberal Arts
- Coeducational
- Residential
- Church-affiliated
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor of Arts
- 75 majors in 24 academic departments and 3 interdisciplinary programs (including 14 honors majors)
Accreditation
- North Central Association of Colleges and Schools—Higher Learning Commission
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
- National Association of Schools of Music
- National League for Nursing, Inc.—Nursing
Enrollment
- 2,573 (full-time, fall 2007)
Average Class Size
Student/Faculty Ratio
Tenure-Track Faculty With Terminal Degrees
Geographic Origins of the Student Body
- From 38 states and 17 countries
Affiliation
Founding
- In 1862 by Swedish Lutheran immigrant and pastor Eric Norelius in Red Wing, Minnesota; moved from Red Wing to East Union in 1863 and to St. Peter in 1876
Naming
- First named Minnesota Elementar Schola in 1863 and changed to St. Ansgar's Academy in 1865
- In 1876, named Gustavus Adolphus College to honor Swedish king Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632)
Academic Calendar
- 4-1-4: A 4-month fall semester, a 1-month interim in January, and a 4-month spring semester; students typically enroll in 4 courses each semester and 1 in the January Interim Experience.
Costs (2007-2008)
- Tuition - $28,125
- Room and Board - $6,775
- Fees - $410
- Books and Incidentals (estimated) - $1,820
Academic Distinctions
- A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest scholastic honor society
- Host of the Nobel Conference, the first ongoing educational conference of its kind sanctioned by The Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden
- Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, National Science Foundation, Rhodes, and Truman fellowship winners
- Peace Education Program and the annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference
- 79.7 percent 4-year graduation rate
- 89.8 percent of underclass students enrolled in the previous fall return for the next fall
- Acclaimed Writing Across the Curriculum program
- Award-winning community service programs
- Strong career development and internship programs
- 50 percent of graduating seniors study abroad
- Individualized majors
- Curriculum options: Curriculum I (distributive core) and Curriculum II (integrated core)
- First Term Seminars—Students take a small class to improve critical thinking and college writing skills from a professor-advisor
- Several student research opportunities, including Partners in Scholarship
Campus Life
- Quality fine arts programs with more than 30 theater, arts, and music organizations
- 25 varsity athletic teams and more than 40 intramural and club sports
- With more than 100 student organizations, there are many activities to choose from and 99 percent of Gusties are actively involved in at least one extracurricular activity
- Exceptional facilities, including an awe-inspiring and award-winning chapel, a spacious library, 2 well-equipped science buildings, 2 fine arts buildings, a new campus center, a multimillion-dollar sports complex, and 13 residential halls
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Did you know?
A recent $7 million expansion and renovation to Nobel Hall added a laser spectroscope, nuclear resonance imager, electron microscopes, GIS lab, and a five-section greenhouse.
Semonti Mustaphi, a 2003 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, was recently named Deputy Press Secretary for first lady in waiting, Michelle Obama.
The Gustavus women's basketball team ran into a hot-shooting Macalester squad and lost its first conference game of the year by the score of 88-71 in St. Paul. The Scots shot 61.5 percent from the field (16-26) and made 19-of-29 free throws in the second half to pull away from the Gusties who fell out of first place with the loss. Ann Baltzer led the Scots with 26 points, while Emily Nelson led Gustavus with 19 points.
The Gustavus men's basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 91-37 win over Macalester College at Gus Young Court on Monday night. Head Coach Mark Hanson's squad were 37-for-65 from the floor for a 56.9 shooting percentage and forced the Scots to commit 23 turnovers, resulting in 37 Gustie points. The Gustavus reserves poured in 60 points as Tyler Grey and Seth Anderson scored off of the bench to lead the team with 10 points apiece.
Dr. Darrell Jodock, the Drell and Adeline Bernhardson Distinguished Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College, will help administer a $150,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation's Science for Ministry Initiative awarded to the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research.
The Gustavus Adolphus College Wind Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Nimmo, is currently preparing to embark on a 10-day tour from Jan. 30 to Feb. 8 that will take it to parts of Colorado and South Dakota.
