Luther College Overview

Luther College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Decorah, Iowa. Decorah is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Luther College Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at Luther is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Luther.
• In <nil>, 73% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Luther bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $55,451 a year. That's about 36% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Luther student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Luther College?

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

How Do I Get Into Luther?

You can apply to Luther online at: www.luther.edu/admission-aid/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for Luther

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Luther?

With an acceptance rate of 76%, Luther may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 55% of accepted students are men and 45% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

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.

Luther received ACT scores from 37% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 28. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford Luther College?

The overall average net price of Luther is $29,971. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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 0.5%. 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.

Luther College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,744 undergraduate students at Luther, with 1,717 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,717 full-time undergraduates at Luther, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Luther College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	35
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	120
White	1,291
International Students	170
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Luther College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 80 countries are represented at Luther. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.

Online Learning at Luther College

In 2020-2021, 145 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Luther has changed over the last few years.

This is the #1,689 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Luther regardless of major.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Prizm under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.