History
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 Concordia University stands on 187 acres overlooking the Huron River. Once home to peoples of the Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Huron, and Miami nations, the campus is bisected by Geddes Road, formerly the Pottawatomie Trail, an old Native American highway. In the spring of 1680, the French explorer LaSalle became the first European to view the campus site. The earliest settler of the land was Elnathan Botsford, one of the first residents of Ann Arbor, who arrived in 1825. In 1917, Harry Boyd Earhart purchased the property. A philanthropist, Mr. Earhart’s interests focused on education, religion and charity. In the late 1950’s, the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod began a search for a site to build a college. The Earhart estate was purchased in the early 1960’s and construction commenced. Concordia College, Ann Arbor was dedicated in 1963 as a junior college. That year, Concordia was granted the right to award the Associate of Arts degree by the State of Michigan. The expansion of the College to a four-year institution with the right to award the Bachelor of Arts degree was approved by the State in 1976. In 2001, Concordia College officially became Concordia University Ann Arbor (CUAA), after launching it’s first graduate degree program in Organizational Leadership and Administration. CUAA is accredited by NCA, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and was among the first colleges to be accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) under the new 2000 standards. CUAA's Family Life Program is certified by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). CUAA's Athletic Program is a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Champions of Character institution. CUAA is listed as one of America’s Best Private Colleges® and is ranked in the top 50 America’s Best Colleges 2008 for Midwestern Comprehensive Colleges by US News & World Reports.
.jpg) Concordia’s undergraduate program offers over 60 majors and minors, with degrees in church work, education, pre-professional, business, the arts, communication and sciences. In addition CUAA offers accelerated and graduate degrees for adult learners through the School of Adult and Continuing Education.
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