Anthropology at Luther College

If you plan to study anthropology, 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 approximately 1,802 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Luther.

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

Luther Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Luther Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology 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 anthropology major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. 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
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	149
	308
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	434

Anthropology Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

The anthropology program at Luther awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 24% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in anthropology 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 anthropology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	50	$91,410

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.