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Luther College Data & Information Overview

75 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
76% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Luther College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Luther College Ranked?

#372 Best Colleges in Nation
#7 Best Colleges in IA
Music Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Luther College was awarded 75 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is music.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Luther as #372 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Luther held the #411 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Luther also holds the #7 spot on the Best Colleges in Iowa ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Luther?

76% Acceptance Rate
45% Of Accepted Are Women
8% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Luther College is 76%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Luther is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to Luther submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 528 and 630. Math scores were between 560 and 688.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Luther College  ( 528 to 630 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Luther College  ( 560 to 688 )
200
800
Luther received ACT scores from 37% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 22 and 29.

ACT Composite Scores for Luther College  ( 22 to 29 )
1
36

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Luther College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
77% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Luther, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Luther College is 77%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  77 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Luther College

84% Freshmen Retention
67% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Luther College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  84 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Luther for first-time, full-time students is 67%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  67 out of 100
0
100

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Luther College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,775 Full-Time Undergraduates
13.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,802 undergraduates at Luther with 1,775 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

How Much Does Luther College Cost?

$25,538 Net Price
70% Take Out Loans
$31,328 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Luther is $25,538. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Luther

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$21,838 $20,153 $23,262 $26,789 $28,747

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Luther, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Luther, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $7,832 a year. That adds up to $31,328 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Luther is 1.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Luther Graduates Make?

$51,981 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Luther make around $51,981 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Luther graduates since it is 22% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Luther College make the most money.

Location of Luther College

Iowa State
1,775 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Luther College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decorah, Iowa. Decorah is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for Luther are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101-1045
Phone: 563-387-2000
Website: www.luther.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/luthercollege
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/luthercollege

Luther College Majors

40 Majors With Completions
461 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing 39 $63,140
Business Administration & Management 33 $43,545
Child Development & Psychology 32 NA
General Biology 32 $25,391
Music 30 $37,723
Social Work 19 $25,388
Political Science & Government 19 $30,592
Teacher Education Grade Specific 17 $40,489
Information Science 16 NA
Computer Science 16 $66,195

Learn more about the majors offered at Luther College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Luther

8% Take At Least One Class Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 145 students took at least one online class at Luther College. This is a decrease from the 1,802 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 145 0
2019-2020 1,802 0
2018-2019 0 0
2017-2018 0 0
2016-2017 0 0

Learn more about online learning at Luther College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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