Health Sciences & Services at Luther College

Every health sciences and services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the health science program at Luther College stacks up to those at other schools.

Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,802. Of the 460 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Luther College in 2021, 9 of them were health sciences and services majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

Luther Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Luther Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at Luther compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	222
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Schools	321
Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Schools	448

How Much Do Health Science Graduates from Luther Make?

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Luther is $29,691. This is less than $31,369, which is the national average of all health science majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Health Science Student Demographics at Luther

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at Luther College.

Luther Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 health science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Luther. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical health science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 58% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at Luther are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Luther College with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Luther also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Nursing

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Luther College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Community Health Workers	330	$38,050

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Prizm under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.