Student parking information, first-year and transfer students

First-year and transfer students will have the opportunity to purchase parking permits once they receive their housing assignments in mid-July. 

The first-year and transfer parking lottery will be at 8:00 a.m. on August 13, 2025. Any permit purchases received by USPS mail, in person, or online after 11:59 p.m. on August 12, will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis for all students.

Campus parking rules and regulations

Prices for residential and commuter permits

• Full year: $230 (includes fall, J-term, and spring)
• Semester only: $130 (14 weeks)
• Partial semester: $80 (7 weeks)
• J-term only: $45 (if full year is not purchased)

Purchasing and payment options

• Mail: Students can mail in the registration form they received at their home address, or can print off the Vehicle Registration Form and mail in with a check or money order.
  • Make payable to Augustana College
  • Mail to:
       Augustana College
       Parking
       639 38th Street
       Rock Island, IL 61201
• In person: Students can purchase in person at the Facilities Services Office located in the basement of Sorensen Hall. Vehicle Registration Forms are available at the office.
  • Summer parking hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Online payment and vehicle registration: This option will be available once housing assignments are received. Online purchase is available until 4 p.m. on August 22, 2025; then purchasing will be in-person only.

Parking permit pick-up

Weekday pick-up times:

• Dates: Monday, August 25th-Friday, August 29th
• Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Move-in weekend pick-up:

• Saturday, Aug. 30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Sunday, Aug. 31, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Monday, Sept. 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

No permits will be mailed to students. Remove all previous year permits from your vehicle windows.

If you are arriving on campus prior to permit pick-up dates, you may park on campus without being ticketed, with the exceptions listed below. Any of the listed parking violations are enforced 24/7, regardless of whether school is in or out of session.

• Fire lane violations
• Handicap spaces
• Reserved parking spots or parking lots
• Parking on the grass
• Blocking sidewalks/drives

Parking lot information

Parking permits are assigned to the main parking lot/area. Augustana is a walking campus and students are expected to park only in the lots their assigned permit allows them to.

All faculty/staff lots are enforced from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Students are prohibited from parking in any faculty/staff lot during the specified hours. There are four exceptions:

1. Lot A1 (by Seminary Hall) is for Admissions visitors at all times.
2. The area of Lot K designated for patrons of PepsiCo is limited to hours when PepsiCo is open. Overnight parking is prohibited.
3. Lot I (Brodhal) is for Brodahl faculty, staff, and visitors at all times.
4. Lot Q (by the Dance Studio) has clearly posted reserved parking on the east side spaces. The west side of lot Q is designated for patrons of PepsiCo and is limited to parking only during PepsiCo’s operational hours; overnight parking is prohibited.

Parking spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis to anyone with the appropriate permit for the lot. It remains the responsibility of the permit holder to find a legal parking space.

Here are the different parking permits and the lots they allow you to park in:

• B permit lots: B, G, P
  B is the main parking lot for Seminary Hall residents
• C permit lots: B, G, P
  C is the overflow lot for 11th Ave Flats, Andreen, Parkander, Seminary, and Swanson Commons residents. Lot C is located on the corner of 7th Ave. and 38th Street
• F permit lots: F, G, P
  F is the main parking lot for Parkander residents
• J permit lots: J, G, P
  J is the main parking lot for Andy/Bart residents
• K permit lots: K, G, P
  K is the main parking lot for Westerlin Hall residents
• L permit lots: L, G, P
  L is the main parking lot for Erickson Hall residents
• LC (commuter) permit lots: C, E, G, P
• M permit lots: M, G, P
  M is the main parking lot for Arbaugh residents
• N permit lots: N, G, P
  N1, N2, & N3 are the parking lots for Swanson Commons and 11th Ave Flats residents
• O permit lots: O, G, P
  O is the main parking lot for Andreen Hall residents
• R permit lots: R, G, P
  R lot is Erickson, Naeseth, and Westerlin overflow lot located to the south of Thorson-Lucken Field
• S permit lots: S, G, P
  S lot is the Erickson, Naeseth, and Westerlin overflow lot located on the west side of 30th street next to Ostara House
• A TLA parking permit allows students to park in the lot/area assigned to the permit based on housing assignment/availability, and lot G, P
• Vehicles bearing term or partial-term permits may park at the area designated on the permit or in lot G and P.