Nebraska (4%). In the fall of the 2010–2011 academic year, Augustana reported its largest ever incoming class of international students. Fifty-four new students representing 20 countries and 5 continents joined 25 continuing international students for a total of 79 international students from 23 countries, making up about 4.5% of the student body. Although only 46% of students claim a preference for the school's Lutheran religious affiliation, the school is nevertheless composed primarily of students following another Christian denomination, Catholicism being the second largest at 21%; 22% of students, meanwhile, are categorized under "other." In the 2015 U.S. News & World Report ranking of Midwestern colleges, Augustana placed third. The publication additionally named it a "Best Buy" school, the award based on academic quality in relation to attendance costs. The Princeton Review named Augustana as one of 159 "Best in the Midwest" schools in 2015. Forbes' list of "America's Top Colleges" placed Augustana at #97 among schools in the Midwest and #423 overall. Peterson's 440 Colleges for Top Students featured Augustana, and Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That is Best for You listed the school as one of its "top 100 outstanding (but under-appreciated) colleges." The Templeton Guide selected Augustana as one of 100 select colleges and universities nationwide as part of its "Templeton Honor Roll." Zippia named Augustana University the top college in South Dakota - and No. 2 college in the nation - for getting a job in 2021. Arts Augustana created the Center for Western Studies in 1970, founded by professor Herbert Krause, which serves as a library, repository for special collections of art and artifacts, and academic publisher. The center holds an annual Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains for history, literature, art, and archaeology. It is "the largest annual humanities conference specifically about the Northern Plains." In addition to shows and galleries of Western, Scandinavian, and Native American art, the Center also hosts the Boe Forum on Public Affairs, which has featured speakers such as Pervez Musharraf, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Mikhail Gorbachev. The Augustana Choir and Concert Band tour widely nationally and internationally, including the People's Republic of China, Italy, and Tanzania. The band, while on tour in Egypt during the Revolution of 2011, found themselves briefly stranded in Cairo due to anti-government protests. The Augustana College Theatre Company presents several main-stage shows each year, one of which is a