Social Work at Luther College

Every social work school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social work 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from Luther.

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

Luther Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Luther Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work 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 social work major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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 Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	158
Most Focused Social Work Schools	213
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	346
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	362
	426
Most Popular Social Work Schools	471

Earnings of Luther Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Luther is $25,388. This is less than $31,866, which is the national average of all social work majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Work Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work 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 social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,930	$44,720
Social and Community Service Managers	2,310	$58,410
Healthcare Social Workers	1,340	$51,360
Substance Abuse Social Workers	870	$47,580
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	740	$70,360

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.