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Founded in 1891, Â鶹¹ÙÍø is a co-educational, private liberal arts institution with 45+ undergraduate degree programs and 20+ graduate degree programs.
Â鶹¹ÙÍø enrolls more than 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students. Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s main campus is in Hickory, North Carolina, where both undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered.
The university also offers graduate degree programs online and at locations in Asheville, North Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina.
Â鶹¹ÙÍø is affiliated with the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and welcomes students from all religious backgrounds.
One University, Multiple Locations
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News & Events
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Tim Egan will visit Â鶹¹ÙÍø in March 2027 to deliver the inaugural Huffman Lecture on Social Justice, focused on democracy and civic responsibility.
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After immigrating from Korea to Hawaii, Agnes Park crossed a continent to attend Â鶹¹ÙÍø. She graduated in 1924, and in 2025, her granddaughter traced the journey of one of the first international Bears.
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