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Nursing at Luther College

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at Luther College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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, 39 of them were nursing majors.

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

Luther Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Luther Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how Luther performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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
Best Nursing Schools 284
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 433
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 767
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 844
1,190
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,698

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from Luther Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Luther is $63,140. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Nursing Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from Luther. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 33
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses 33,770 $59,130
Medical and Health Services Managers 6,670 $85,800
Nurse Practitioners 1,830 $106,290
Nursing Instructors and Professors 760 $80,490
Nurse Anesthetists 320 $209,130

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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