or Augsburg Confession, a foundational document of Lutheranism. Until September 2015, the university was known as Augustana College.
Augustana is South Dakota's largest private university and offers more than 100 majors, minors, and pre-professional and graduate programs.
== History ==
Augustana traces its origin to 1835 when Scandinavian immigrants established the Hillsboro Academy in Hillsboro, Illinois. In 1846, the academy became the Literary and Theological Institute of the Lutheran Church of the Far West before moving to Springfield, Illinois, under the name Illinois State University. In 1860, after church leaders formed the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod, Professor Lars Paul Esbjörn and a group of followers moved to Chicago to create their institution. There they established the Augustana College and Seminary, marking the date that the university identifies as the year of its founding.
As the United States expanded westward during and after the American Civil War, pioneers moved the …
