Academics at Luther College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Luther College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

38 Majors With Completions

10:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

80% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, Luther College offers far more individual attention than the national average of 15 to 1. With 80% of instructors full time, Luther College is above the national average of 47%.

For the full breakdown — tenure status, part-time and adjunct share, and how the faculty compares with the national average — see the faculty composition page.

Majors & Degrees

Luther College offers 38 majors with reported completions across 19 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Luther College are summarised below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	—
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	—
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at Luther College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	46
Business Administration, Management and Operations	34
Music	33
Biology, General	28
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	16

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at Luther College, a few more questions are worth asking:

Need flexibility? Check whether Luther College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 15 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (77% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Luther College.

Continue Your Research on Luther College

Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic:

Majors & Degree Programs at Luther College — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty & Class Sizes at Luther College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation and Retention at Luther College — how well the school retains and graduates students
Distance Learning at Luther College — distance-learning enrollment detail
Accreditation Detail at Luther College — accreditation status and accrediting bodies