About St. Augustine
About Us
Founded as a way to help individuals of Hispanic descent and other underrepresented groups succeed through a curriculum and institutional experience designed to help them learn the English language, assimilate into the English-speaking culture, feel supported in their growth, and receive an education that properly prepares them for a future career.
Our Mission
St. Augustine College, a Hispanic-serving institution founded in 1980, promotes equitable changes for a global society by providing academic excellence, advancement of knowledge and creative innovations to equip our graduates with a strong educational foundation, integrity, genuineness, compassion and leadership. Our multiculturally supportive and bilingual institution of higher learning is dedicated to strengthening personal identities and reinforcing cultural interaction for Latinos and individuals of diverse groups and faiths.
OUR HISTORY
1980
St. Augustine becomes first bilingual higher ed. institution in the Midwest.
1983
St. Augustine honors its first graduating class—71 students.
2014
St. Augustine now educates approximately 1,000 students annually in more than 19 degrees and disciplines.
2022
St. Augustine creates its Student Success Center and launches the Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education.
2023
Merges with Lewis University, becoming part of the fifth largest private university in Illinois.
