Concordia College (New York)
Seal of Concordia College
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| Type | Private four-year, coeducational institution |
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Religious affiliation
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Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod |
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Academic affiliation
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Concordia University System |
| President | John Arthur Nunes |
| Provost | Sherry Fraser |
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Academic staff
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50 |
| Students | 953 |
| Postgraduates | 66 |
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Bronxville, New York, USA 40°56′35″N 73°49′17″W / 40.943°N 73.8215°WCoordinates: 40°56′35″N 73°49′17″W / 40.943°N 73.8215°W |
| Campus | Suburb:Large 33 acres (Main campus) |
| Colors | Gold and Blue |
| Nickname | Clippers |
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Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division II and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
| Website | www |
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Concordia College is a four-year coeducational liberal arts college located in the village of Bronxville, in Westchester County, New York, United States.
Concordia College is sponsored by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and is a member of the Concordia University System. It is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York to offer associate, bachelor, and master's degrees.
Concordia, founded in 1881 as Concordia Progymnasium, received its original charter from the State Regents in 1936. From 1918 to 1969, it was named Concordia Collegiate Institute; in 1969, the preparatory school was closed and the present name of the college was authorized by a charter change. In 1972, the State Regents authorized the college to grant the baccalaureate degree. In 2011, the State Regents authorized the college to grant the master's degree.
Concordia College's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Colleges (North) was 31. Concordia has also been honored as a College of Distinction for the 2014-2015 school year.
Concordia College New York was founded in 1881 in Manhattan as a part of the Lutheran Church of St. Matthew. It was established as a feeder school for the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Edmund Bohn (Director of the Lutheran Church of St. Matthew School) and J.H. Sieker (Pastor of the Lutheran Church of St. Matthew) established a Sexta and a Quinta (the equivalent to the first two years of high school) at St. Mathew Academy and thereby in effect began a Progymnasium.
Concordia had outgrown its modest beginning and by February 1893 land was purchased in Unionville, New York (now Hawthorne) for $9,000 donated by M.S. Becker. In modern terms that would be $250,000. A sub-committee was elected to locate land outside of New York City. Pastor Edmund Bohn, William Dick, and Henry Fischer took a train to the Unionville Station in Westchester County. Property was selected based on the persuasiveness of a real estate agent and a local farmer who claimed that oats, corn, vegetables, and hay could be harvested from the land and that the property contained enough stones to build a foundation.
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