Midland Lutheran College: An Education of Excellence in the Heart of America
Founded in 1883 during the Gilded Age, Midland Lutheran College represents one of America's finest institutions of higher education affiliated with the Lutheran Church. The institution was formally established in Atchison, Kan. as Midland College by the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on September 15, 1887. With a name originally derived from its central location in the United States, Midland College accepted 17 freshmen for its first year of operation with a standard tuition of $40 per student. Two years later in 1889, the college welcomed its first president, Reverend Jacob Clutz.
Over the next 30 years, the college continued to educate and graduate an increasing number of students. In order to facilitate this steady growth, Midland College moved its campus to its current home in Fremont, Neb. in 1919, the previous home of the Fremont Normal School and Business College. Western Seminary, an important part of Midland College since 1893, was also moved and temporarily stationed in Clemmons Hall, the college's new science building. Western Seminary continued to work jointly with Midland College until the two institutions separated in 1949. The seminary changed its name to Central Seminary and eventually merged with several other seminaries to form the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.
Following the economic and financial hardships that beset the American public during World War II, the college bounced back in the post-war period with renewed enrollments. In 1962, the college combined its operations with Luther Junior College in Wahoo, Neb. and adopted its current name of Midland Lutheran College.
The college continued its devotion to academic excellence in 1974 by joining forces with the Immanuel School of Nursing in Omaha, Nebraska. After initially offering a Bachelor of Arts program for the nursing degree in 1974, Midland later founded a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in 1985, paving the way for an entirely new generation of nurses to graduate from its ranks.
In addition, Midland Lutheran College has recently initiated Midland Impact, an adult education program designed to allow non-traditional students to earn a degree. Degrees are offered in criminal justice, business administration, nursing, and secondary education. Through weekend classes or online study, students can work toward their degrees with a flexible class schedule, as well as the financial affordability that comes with the college's system of per-credit course tuition. Furthermore, Midland offers first-rate financial aid to 98 percent of its students, making it easier than ever to earn a degree regardless of one's financial standing.
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To learn more about Midland Lutheran College, please visit: www.mlc.edu. To access further information about Midland's Impact Program, click here.