Campuses

Founded in 1891, Lenoir-Rhyne University is a co-educational, private liberal arts institution with 50+ undergraduate degree programs and 20+ graduate degree programs.

LR enrolls more than 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students. LR’s main campus is in Hickory, North Carolina, where both undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered.

The university also offers graduate degree programs online and at campuses in Asheville, North Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina. The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary is also in Columbia.

LR is affiliated with the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and welcomes students from all religious backgrounds.

One University, Multiple Locations

Discover our campuses, visit or connect with us and see for yourself all that LR has to offer.

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2,300⁺

Student enrollment across locations

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$30M

Financial aid awarded to students annually

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News & Events

The wide world of faith

Earlier this fall, a group of students and faculty from LTSS joined the World Council of Churches Assembly in Germany for ten days of spiritual, cultural and personal enlightenment.

Graduate nursing practice with global outreach

All doctor of nursing practice students complete field study. Few of them go as far afield as Nigeria, where Ugonna Ukwu '23 chose to bring research into practice at a local hospital.

December 02 10:00 AM-12:00 PM / Rhyne Building

First-Gen Fridays

February 02 7:00 PM / P.E. Monroe Auditorium

Visiting Writer Series: Tracy K. Smith