Founded in 1864, concordia university chicago is a liberal arts-based christian university located in river forest, illinois. Rooted in its christian heritage of engaging knowledge and faith, the university aspires to be the destination university for ALL who seek to develop their full individual potential through a distinctive, innovative and dynamic environment of exploration, creativity and discovery for leading lives of servant-minded leadership. More than 6,000 fulltime students are enrolled in more than 100 undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs. Concordia-chicago ensures that 100 percent of undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid and actively develops additional need-based scholarship support for local students. It also manages outreach to historically underrepresented student populations, working specifically with elementary and middle school students and families to ensure they are prepared to enter college in the future.