Despite fewer high school graduates, uncertainty regarding Illinois state funding for lower-income students, and misconceptions about the liberal arts, Augustana enrolled its largest first-year class in a decade. More than 750 students will be coming to campus in the fall as members of the Class of 2021, plus 55 transfer students.

To keep the momentum going, Augustana is committed to ensuring its facilities match the quality of its academic programs, and the growth of these programs. Supported by the college’s strategic plan and dependent on fundraising, Augustana plans to expand or renovate three academic buildings to better serve students and faculty, and add a CSD master’s program and data analytics major/minor.

Campus Construction Since 2006 

• Swanson Commons residence hall
  • 2006
  • $14 million
• Dorothy Parkander Residence Center
  • 2007
  • $2.7 million
• Emmy Carlsson Evald Hall (exterior and interior)
  • 2008
  • $9 million
• Thorson-Lucken Field
  • 2011
  • $1.3 million
• Old Main (exterior and interior)
  • 2012
  • $13 million
• The Gerber Center for Student Life (including library renovation)
  • 2013
  • $21 million
• Austin E. Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex
  • 2013
  • $10 million
• Brunner Theatre Center (renovation of the College Center)
  • 2016
  • $4.2 million
• Westerlin Residence Center (renovation)
  • 2017
  • $13 million

Year of completion and approximate cost listed.