History at Luther College

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

Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and approximately 1,802 students attend the school each year. Of the 460 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Luther College in 2021, 11 of them were history majors.

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

Luther History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Luther History Rankings

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

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 history major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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 History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	184
Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	365
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How Much Do History Graduates from Luther Make?

The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at Luther is $21,944. This is less than $28,881, which is the national average of all history majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

History Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther History Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 history majors earned their bachelor's degree from Luther. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 21% more women than average.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history 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 history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	13,010	$56,510
Managers	2,880	$101,360
History Professors	240	$86,690
Curators	150	$45,900
Museum Technicians and Conservators	90	$45,520

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.