Music at Luther College

What traits are you looking for in a music school? To help you decide if Luther College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's music program.

Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and approximately 1,802 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 30 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Luther.

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

Luther Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Luther Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music 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 music major at Luther is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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 Music Schools	14
Most Popular Music Schools	215

How Much Do Music Graduates from Luther Make?

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Luther is $37,723. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 51% higher than the national average of $24,982 for all music bachelor's degree recipients.

Music Student Demographics at Luther

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

Luther Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Luther since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in music 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 music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Dance
• Drama & Theater Arts
• Design & Applied Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,110	$80,700
Music Directors and Composers	60	$52,430
Sound Engineering Technicians	60	$54,020

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.