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Social Sciences at Luther College

Social Sciences at Luther College

Every social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences 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.

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

Luther Social Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

Luther Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social sciences 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 sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 31
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Political Science & Government 19
Economics 9
Sociology 6
Anthropology 4

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 4,970 $59,270
Managers 2,880 $101,360
Statisticians 310 $74,430
Sociology Professors 220 $90,000

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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