Texas Lutheran University

1000 W. Court St, Seguin, TX 78155-599 - View Map View Map

School Notes Overview:

    Texas Lutheran University is a community of learning and a community of faith.As a community of learning, the university stresses the liberating potential of the disciplined pursuit of academic excellence within the context of academic freedom. Its faculty and staff seek to engage each student in a process of self-education which will assist him or her in developing as an informed and resourceful person in today's rapidly changing world. It provides an academic program based upon the tradition of the liberal arts and designed to serve a diversified community.

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School Overview:

Texas Lutheran University
County Guadalupe County, TX
Title IV Eligible Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level 4 or more years
Institution Control Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate 1,328 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 107 students
 
Total Enrollment 1,435 students
Total Dormitory Capacity 980 students
Tuition 23,000
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 95%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 45%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $3,187
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 65%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $3,265
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 90%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $6,047
% Students Receiving Loans 74%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $4,701

School Notes:

  • Texas Lutheran University was founded in Brenham, Texas in 1891, and the institution moved to Seguin in 1912. More than 30 major buildings are located on the spacious 184-acre Seguin campus. The Blumberg Memorial Library offers an excellent collection and is linked electronically to libraries around the world.
  • Texas Lutheran University is an undergraduate, private, coeducational university of the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. All faiths are welcome.
  • As an institution of the church, the university provides an education in the arts and sciences which is given perspective by the Christian faith. A university of the liberal arts, sciences and professional studies, TLU offers nearly 28 majors, 30 minors and 9 pre-professional programs for students to choose from. TLU’s academic program provides outstanding preparation for a wide variety of callings and for a fulfilling life and livelihood.
  • The quality education that TLU provides its students has been recognized repeatedly in U.S. News & World Report's survey of America's best colleges and universities. The magazine also recognizes TLU as one of the best values for the money among its peers in the Western United States, given TLU's outstanding financial aid.
  • Texas Lutheran University is located in Seguin, Texas, about 35 miles east of San Antonio.
  • Profile last updated: 12/07/2011.

In the News:

  • Our Neighbors: Bluebonnet Girls State (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
    posted on July 3, 2011 at 07:30:27 am
    Helen Ask of Bryan High School recently attended Bluebonnet Girls State, a civic and leadership training course, at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. The course, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, and aims to educate young women on the ...
  • Yoakum graduate earns scholar/athlete honor (The Victoria Advocate)
    posted on June 15, 2011 at 03:48:38 am
    SEGUIN - Texas Lutheran University sophomore Megan Carmichael has been named to the American Southwest Conference Winter/Spring 2010-11 Distinguished Scholar Athlete Team in softball.
  • Visiting pastor (The Victoria Advocate)
    posted on June 10, 2011 at 09:31:41 pm
    The Rev. Greg Ronning, campus pastor of Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, will lead the 9 a.m. service at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Ander, 1545 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1961, on June 12. Ronning has served as the university's campus pastor since 1993. He has been writing and performing his own music since 1980 and is known for his "sermons in song."
  • Edinburg's Casas, McHi's Martinez Sign College Letters (KRGV Rio Grande Valley)
    posted on May 20, 2011 at 08:46:05 pm
    WESLACO - Two more Valley athletes sign on to give their respective sport the old college try--and both will stay in the state of Texas.   At Edinburg High School, basketball standout Bianca Casas signed a national letter of intent with Texas Lutheran University, an NCAA Division III school in Seguin--while McHi golfer Christopher Martinez signed with University of the Incarnate Word, an NCAA ...
  • Dorsey named president of Texas university (Redlands Daily Facts)
    posted on April 14, 2011 at 04:52:43 am
    Former University of Redlands president Stuart Dorsey was named the 15th president of Texas Lutheran University, in Seguin, Texas, on Tuesday.

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