ELCA News Blog
November 21, 2006
St. Olaf College tops list of institutions with students abroad
by Frank Imhoff, ELCA News Service
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., retained its position as the top baccalaureate institution in the United States by number of students who studied abroad in the 2004-2005 academic year. The Institute of International Education, with funding from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has issued its Open Doors 2006 report. Among its top 20 institutions by Carnegie type, St. Olaf topped the list of "institutions by total number of study abroad: top 20 baccalaureate institutions, 2004." St. Olaf is one of 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
According to the report, St. Olaf had 657 students studying abroad in 2004. The College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, St. Joseph, Minn., was next on the list with 569 students studying abroad. Lee University, Cleveland, Tenn., was third with 555 students; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., had 527 students studying abroad; and the University of Richmond, Richmond, Va., was fifth with 505 students. Three other ELCA colleges made the top 20: Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., ranked 7th with 461 students abroad; Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, ranked 11th with 430 students abroad; and Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., ranked 17th with 397 students.
A St. Olaf news release said the college was one of four Minnesota baccalaureate colleges recognized for sending more than 40 percent of its students abroad.
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