- The Inkwell
- Iowa
- Luther College
Decorah, IATown: remoteZIP 52101Founded 1861
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1861
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.luther.edu
IowaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Luther College
Luther College is a private nonprofit college in Decorah, Iowa, with 1,379 undergraduates. It admits 72% of applicants, graduates 65% within six years and costs $23,945 a year after aid.
65%graduate
Admission rate72%
Retention77%
4-year graduation55%
Pell Grant share23%
Federal loans63%
$23,945net price / year
72%admission rate
1218average SAT
65%graduate in 6 years
$61,821median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#701 of 1,704 for earnings#1,158 of 1,739 for lowest net price#522 of 1,738 for graduation rate#607 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $67,611tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $54,250
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $54,250
- Average net price
- $23,945national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,244
$30,001–48,000$15,061
$48,001–75,000$16,942
$75,001–110,000$21,299
$110,001+$29,332
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 72%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1218
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–668
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 528–738
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 22–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college72%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college77%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college65%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college23%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 65%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 77%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 74%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $50,748
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $61,821middle 50%: $45,396–$82,494
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$82,494
Median, Luther College$61,821
Lower quarter$45,396
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,379
- Part-time
- 0.8%
- Women / men
- 52% / 48%
- Average age at entry
- 19.5
- First-generation students
- 13%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 88%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,115 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $17,234
- Endowment, end of year
- $204,542,420
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White71%
Hispanic6.4%
Black4.4%
Asian1.2%
U.S. nonresident15%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.5%
19 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts15%
Health professions15%
Business & management9.9%
Biological & biomedical sciences9.6%
Computer & information sciences7.4%
Social sciences6.5%
Psychology5.1%
Natural resources & conservation4.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 153834. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6705538.