Psychology at Luther College

If you plan to study psychology, take a look at what Luther College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,802. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Luther.

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

Luther Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Luther Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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
	283
	289
Most Focused Psychology Schools	571
Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	609

Psychology Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 32 psychology majors earned their bachelor's degree from Luther. Of these graduates, 22% were men and 78% were women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Luther College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	32

Related Majors

• Communication & Journalism
• History
• Education
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	2,880	$101,360
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	740	$85,260
Psychology Professors	430	$92,430

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.