Concordia at a Glance

To understand what makes the Concordia experience unique, you have to see the whole picture:

Who We Are

  • A community of more than 2,600 students who come from 34 states and 35 countries and represent 40 religions and denominations.
  • Nearly 200 full-time faculty, including NASA and NSF scientists, award-winning composers and writers, and national experts in a wide range of fields.


Where We Live

  • Our historic campus covers 120 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds with more than 40 buildings, shady trees, grassy gardens and courtyards and striking sculpture and art.
  • Our hometown – Fargo-Moorhead – is a growing city with nearly 30,000 college students, great restaurants, a hopping arts and entertainment scene, and a dizzying array of internship and employment opportunities.
  • Money magazine called Fargo-Moorhead one of the best places in the country to do business or advance a career.
  • Forbes magazine named Fargo-Moorhead a top 10 city for starting a new business or getting a job.

  How We Learn

  • Hundreds of internships and co-op opportunities with companies and institutions ranging from Microsoft to Disney to the U.S. Congress provide plenty of firsthand professional experience.
  • "Quality of instruction" tops Concordia's alumni satisfaction survey at 97 percent.
  • Our student-faculty ratio is 13:1.


Where We Travel

  • Concordia typically ranks in the top 10 nationally among liberal arts colleges for the number of students who gain global experience abroad.


What We Do

  • Every week, our professional music faculty give more than 700 private lessons.
  • Our state-of-the-art athletic and fitness center is the perfect place to work out, compete in one of 11 intramural sports or cheer on the Cobbers!
  • More than 100 student organizations – newspapers and literary magazines, volunteer groups, religious organizations – make it easy to get involved and stay active.


What We Achieve

  • Concordia students have achieved an 88 percent acceptance rate into medical school (in 10 years surveyed).
  • Eighty-nine percent of Concordia graduates applying to law school are accepted.
  • Ninety-eight percent of surveyed Concordia graduates have jobs or have been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.
  • Five of our students have won prestigious Fulbright scholarships in the past three years.
  • In just a few years, Concordia has garnered eight of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.

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