Hannibal-LaGrange College

The former Hannibal–LaGrange College is a private Christian college located in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. The college is affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention, which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Enrollment is approximately 1,150 students as of 2007. "HLG" is a four-year liberal arts college fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The college offers more than 30 majors. Hannibal-LaGrange University is the result of the 1928 merger of LaGrange College in LaGrange,... Missouri and Hannibal College in Hannibal. On February 12, 1995, Dr. Woodrow Burt was elected the 16th president of the college. Among the former presidents is the Southern Baptist leader Dr. Larry Lewis, a graduate of Luther Rice Seminary who left HLG to be the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Home Mission Board, now called the North American Mission Board, one of the largest mission agencies in the world.
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