St. Olaf, a four-year college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, provides an education committed to the liberal arts, rooted in the Christian Gospel, and incorporating a global perspective. In the conviction that life is more than a livelihood, it focuses on what is ultimately worthwhile and fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit.

To study at St. Olaf is to engage with and make sense of the world, to learn how to think and to reason. A liberal arts education at St. Olaf offers programs that provide students with the skills to succeed in valuable careers. But our main purpose – rooted in the depth of a major course of study and the breadth of a general education – is to help students become effective citizens in an increasingly complicated world. The student-faculty ratio of 12.8:1 encourages individual learning and teaching, while the residential nature of the 300-acre campus helps students become part of an enduring community that takes pride in its traditions and innovations.

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