Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

Waldorf University

Waldorf University is a private non-profit university in Forest City, Iowa. It was founded in 1903 and associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its predecessors. In 2010, it was sold to Columbia Southern University and became a for-profit institution; twelve years later, on January 1, 2022, ownership was transferred to the Waldorf Lutheran College Foundation.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1895
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
189500
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
154518
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
116518

Location

Forest City, IA, 50436-1713

43.262923, -93.641714

Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission

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